Lutheran Services for the Aging has been very interested in technology for many years. Almost 20 years ago, LSA began computerizing its facilities for efficiency and improvement. That has led to today's initiatives to put LSA in the forefront of technology. LSA is not quite halfway through implementation of completely electronic medical records in all of its facilities. We've come a long way and have a long way to go.
Social networking was a natural fit and has been of great interest. I was hounded into twittering a few months back. I was not as interested in twittering to outside people, as I was in finding a new, fast way to communicate with staff at every level throughout our organization. We have grown into a 9 location organization serving over 1,100 residents/clients with over 1,100 staff members. It's getting more and more difficult to communicate with so many people spread so far. And you understand the issues surrounding communications getting filtered through so many layers.
Twitter has been a way for me to talk directly to our staff, mainly about all the good things going on in LSA. Feel free to join us on twitter at TedGoinsforLSA.
Twitter has been good for me. It makes me get the point across in just a few words. But as you can see, I like to talk and explain. I can do that through a blog. So with that explanation, we will begin communicating in a new way, and see where it takes us.
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Hounded? Advised, encouraged, perhaps enlightened, but never hounded. Woof woof!
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