There hardly exists a skilled nursing facility that still uses paper for medical records, billing or MDS, largely thanks to federal government mandates. Most assisted living and independent living communities are doing their billing and accounting electronically and many are moving to electronic resident care and medication records. But Here is What’s Weird . . . Regardless of level of care, in the post-acute world most companies and communities are still using a pencil and big old wide lined and columned sheet of paper to do their scheduling. This means each week someone spends many hours on what amounts to something of a jigsaw puzzle where the puzzle pieces are human team members, all in an attempt to have perfect coverage, meet team members’ wants and needs and not create overtime problems.
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