Long-Term Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) belongs to the Spectrum of Care. It is anything related to healthcare beyond the walls of a hospital and includes skilled nursing facilities (SNF), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), home health (HH), long term care hospitals (LTCH), hospice, Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), assisted living facilities (ALF), independent living facilities (ILF), and more.
"Health information technology (HIT) is the hardware, software, and systems that comprise the input, transmission, use, extraction, and analysis of information in the healthcare sector." This quote, from the book titled "An Introduction to Health Information Technology in LTPAC Settings" was written by three LTPAC Health IT Collaborative members, including Greg Alexander, PhD, RN, FAAN; John Derr, RPh, FASCP; and Lorren Pettit, MS, MBA.
The LTPAC Health IT Collaborative is an invite only public-private group of stakeholder organizations. We support meaningful, effective, and accessible health information and technology policies, strategies, standards, resources, products, and services.
We believe in the delivery of coordinated, effective, person-centered and satisfying care in LTPAC.
We are an invitation only public-private group of stakeholder organizations with an interest in providing quality care beyond the walls of a hospital.
The Collaborative was formed in 2005 to advance health IT issues by encouraging coordination among national associations representing clinicians, providers, information technology developers and researchers with specific expertise in the Long-Term Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) sector of healthcare.
