Nursing Homes Research
In April 2007 ICR received a two-year grant from the Worker Participation Fund of 1199SEIU to conduct research on the effect of the introduction of health information technologies on employment and labor relations in a sample of 22 nursing homes in the New York City region.
ICR and the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA) will jointly conduct the evaluation of this state-funded demonstration project. As part of the evaluation, the ICR team and the CITRA team will measure the effects of the new technology on both staff and residents in the participating facilities.
Specifically, ICR will examine the manner in which implementation of digital record-keeping technology in the participating homes influences key workplace outcomes, such as labor-management relations, employee satisfaction, and organizational culture. In addition, ICR will examine the effects of preexisting nursing home conditions and characteristics on the success of technology implementation.
CITRA will examine the implementation of digital record- keeping technology on key clinical outcomes, including measures of the quality of life. No previous study has assessed the implications of technological change on both workplace conditions and the quality of residents' life.
Lead researchers include Lipsky and Avgar, as well as Karl Pillemer, Professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology and Director of CITRA and Rhoda Meador, Associate Director of CITRA.
Pillemer and Meador also received a grant from the Commonwealth Fund to conduct research on the effect of the new technologies on so-called "residence-centered care" in a sample of the homes. Nearly $800,000 has been awarded to the combined ICR-CITRA research team to conduct their research.
Related Destinations
- Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA)
- ILR School and Human Ecology to partner on first-of-its-kind healthcare study, July 6, 2007
