Technology has made its way into most facets of our lives, from smart boards in our schools, to ipad menus at airport restaurants, to personal assistant devices running our homes. The idea behind most of these products is to make life easier and more efficient. In each industry there is a race to create the newest, most innovative products to address certain issues and to ultimately provide the end user with more control.
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Happy first day of March! March represents many things: the beginning of the end of winter, longer days, and the observation of National Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, National Brain Injury Awareness month, and National Nutrition month!
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In an effort to reduce costs and improve quality outcomes, many states are looking to shift care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing (VBP) reimbursement models. The presenters will provide an overview of the strategies for quantifying quality measures that extend to the full continuum of care. They will also discuss the integrated technology solutions that are essential for the collection of actionable, measurable, and reportable data.
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Technology has become a vital part of our lives, but we often don’t know much about how the technology we use was actually created. Cartoons and tv shows will often depict dark rooms with faces illuminated by only the glow of a computer screen as someone is hastily coding and chugging a caffeinated beverage. I interviewed Emily Vukman, one of MediSked’s engineers to share some light into what this discipline looks like and how different features are brought to life.
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