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Confidently Tackle Future & Emerging Technology Implementations

We are all challenged by how quickly the landscape of Senior Living technology changes as it moves forward. In the LTPAC industry, our ability to confidently adopt technology is what enables communities to enrich resident experiences, improve caregiver’s efficiency, and grow occupancy.

A network optimized to support the growing technology needs of both caregiving operations and resident consumption is imperative for these benefits to be realized.

Technology Partners Enable Eldercare Communities to Focus on Growth

Growth is a common goal for businesses and in almost any situation, it is the correct mindset to be in. The first obstacle to tackle in this journey is developing a strategy that will effectively enable growth. Following the creation of a market growth strategy the main challenge moving forward with execution will be addressing the fact that teams staffed for normal operations don’t have the capacity to achieve their growth goals while maintaining quality base operations.

Vcpi Earns Oaks Senior Living’s Trust To Lead Its Technical Future 

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How To Safeguard Applications Available At Your Caregivers’ Fingertips 

The rapid development of mobile technology in recent years has reshaped how and when healthcare is provided, as well as where sensitive data can be obtained and by whom. However, sustaining the required level of data security across mobile devices can present challenges for your business. 

CapEx (Capital Expenditures) vs. OpEx (Operating Expenditures)

With the rise of cloud solutions several years ago, many Senior Living organizations have begun shifting IT expenses to an OpEx (Operating Costs) model. So many of these long term care facilities are well capitalized when they are built and pay up front for the hardware they need to get their facility operational. After being in business a few years, they face ongoing challenges with margins, billings and reimbursements that make it much more difficult to accommodate capital expenditures on an ongoing basis. 

Finding ways to fit ongoing IT expenses into their operating expenditures is far more practical and accessible than relying on influxes or accumulated capital to make needed improvements to technical infrastructure.

Location: Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

Date: April 15-17, 2019

Booth: 636

Vcpi is heading to the Argentum 2019 Senior Living Executive Conference in San Antonio, Texas from April 15th through the 17th.  The Argentum conference is a leading event for Senior Living and Long Term Care providers and a fantastic showcase for future thought leadership and direction within the LTPAC industry.

One of the biggest disruptions to IT staff productivity is having to rapidly shift from proactive work on strategic projects to cover reactive requests from end users.

While there are many techniques that IT teams will try to help mitigate these challenges, in the end, your production systems have to stay up and your users have to be able to access them when and where they need them.  At the same time, businesses have come to rely on IT teams to deliver strategic solutions that help essential business functions, and delays on these projects can be very costly for the organization. Missed due dates are not an option.

Patient care is an integral part of the LTPAC workflow. Finding a way to distribute care across patient channels is difficult enough. But, what about employee care? All of those caregivers who are baked into the LTPAC architecture need access to quick, accurate IT support that allows them to continue to produce results, without unnecessary frustrations.

To provide this support, many long-term rehabilitation providers choose to implement a service desk or help desk to tackle those mission-critical IT problems. But, what's the difference?

What separates a service desk from a help desk?

Providing high-quality care to senior citizens requires around-the-clock vigilance on the part of long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers. Information technology (IT) plays a critical role in the delivery of reliable care to seniors at LTPAC facilities. Unfortunately, patient care can suffer when LTPAC employees do not have access to a 24/7 IT help desk that truly understands the long term care and senior living environment. Below is a look at some of the signs that indicate that your facility needs to move to a 24/7 IT service desk and the key ways that immediate access to IT support can help your LTPAC facility gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.