The Evolution of Innovation in Long-Term Care: Including Practitioners in the Process

Post-acute and long-term care isn’t generally known as the area of health care marked by innovation. However, while our sector may be behind in the race, we are catching up fast — partly due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. “When we are motivated to make change, anything is possible,” said Liz Jensen, MSN, RN, RN-BC, clinical director of the Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center, and chair of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Innovations Platform Advisory Committee (IPAC).