Insights

Recognized as a visionary leader in the delivery of healthcare, Smalley will advise on care coordination advancements of Real Time’s Interventional Analytics platform for acute care providers   Baltimore, MD, February 16, 2021 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the leading healthcare Interventional Analytics solution, is excited to welcome Diana “Di” Smalley, FACHE, to its team as an Advisor to Health Systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). In her new role, Smalley will work with Real Time’s Executive Team to advance acute care solution offerings in achieving post-acute interoperability to improve care coordination, enhance population health, and reduce total...read more

Post COVID-19 Vaccination Alert uses live data within EHR to proactively monitor adverse side effects following administration of vaccinations among resident populations   Baltimore, MD, February 04, 2021 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the leading healthcare Interventional Analytics solution, today announces the launch of its Post COVID-19 Vaccination Alert tool. This new tool enables nursing facilities to proactively monitor residents who have been administered a COVID-19 vaccination for adverse side effects – with no additional work or duplicate data entry needed. Utilizing live data within the electronic health record (EHR), Real Time’s Post COVID-19 Vaccination Alert identifies changes...read more

Technology investments will provide industry with needed efficiencies to workforce management and oversight policies Workforce engagement will continue to be a top challenge and trend throughout the post-acute care space in 2021. In 2020, a Workforce 360 survey of over 2100 long-term, senior living and healthcare professionals identified the top two workforce challenges facing the industry as finding and hiring qualified job candidates (67 percent), followed by employee turnover (57 percent). The pandemic is further shedding light on the holes in pay and patient care, leaving partners scrambling to find ways to help reduce costs and increase revenue. This comes as no...read more

As the industry approaches year two of the new payment model, Real Time conducted an analysis of its customers’ utilization of the PDPM Complete solution to measure the success and accuracy in identifying missed coding opportunities to achieve accurate reimbursement for the care they are providing.

A Discussion with Real Time's Business Analyst, Debbie Martin, RN, RAC-CT Since 2016, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first issued mandates for infection prevention and control (IPC), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been hard at work developing strong programs to protect their vulnerable populations. Most recently, in November 2019 when Phase 3 was announced, SNFs once again were required to expand their programs – this time redefining the role of the infection preventionists (IPs). SNFs were also tasked with creating and enforcing Antibiotic Stewardship procedures/processes, increasing surveillance of infectious disease, and offering recommendations for the prevention and control...read more

Recognized for his innovative and successful approach to care management, Dr. Stein brings a vast knowledge of both post-acute and payor markets to the industry’s leading interventional analytics company.   Baltimore, MD, September 17, 2020 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the leading post-acute interventional analytics platform, today announced the appointment of Steven M. Stein, MD as Chief Medical Officer. With an extraordinary career entrenched in care management, Dr. Stein’s deep knowledge of both the post-acute and payor markets will guide the clinical advancements of Real Time’s interventional analytics platform for post-acute providers, health systems, ACOs, physician groups, and...read more