Large senior living operators that control hundreds of communities are introducing more software tools designed to scale across all sites, with the goal of making care systems more flexible and efficient throughout companies.
Two of the most recent examples include the introduction of Eldermark NEXT, a next-gen platform for assisted living, and MatrixCare’s new partnership with Saber Healthcare Group, which will include Saber’s 140 long-term care facilities.
Although the collaboration between MatrixCare and Saber Health in part was motivated by the goal to scale compliance tools, both that and the Eldermark NEXT platform are built around the idea of making it easier for clinicians to use and operate, and to be able to incorporate new artificial intelligence or analytics tools into their health systems.
“Eldermark NEXT is going to free people up to get their documentation done with more ease, more accuracy, and spend more time providing resident care,” Diane Umayam, VP of health services for Eldermark partner Leisure Care, said in a statement.
The ability to use or transfer data, such as medical health records, easily throughout a company or platform, is a key component of interoperability, a broad goal that long-term care providers and experts have termed “mission critical” between now and 2030, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News reported earlier this year.
Eldermark NEXT can be accessible from virtually any device, be it a smartphone or operations computer bank, and balances the ease with which resident health data can be pulled with “greater security” and compliance measures, the company said.
MatrixCare, which focuses a lot on enabling interoperability, won a KLAS award earlier this year, along with PointClickCare, for tech tools aimed at long-term care.
