New technology at local nursing home

FAIRBORN, Ohio (WDTN) - Nursing home care goes hi-tech, with a system that could make the clipboard a thing of the past.

In fact, you won't see caretakers taking notes with a pencil and paper at the Wright Nursing Rehab Center in Fairborn.

Instead, the nurses will soon be equipped with a headset. The microphone can record and store care plans and medical records as the nurse speaks them.

It makes documenting the care they're given much faster and easier, and the records can be quickly accessed and played back.

Leaders at the center admit that nursing homes and technology haven't traditionally gone together, but Wright Nursing Rehab Center is trying to change that.

"I think we're one of the first facilities in the area to start a program like this, but I think the advances it will allow us to make will be tremendous," said Kevin St. John, the Executive Directory of the center.

The headsets also allow employees to communicate with and page each other.