The mission of the Long -Term Care Data Cooperative is to improve the quality of care within skilled nursing facilities by compiling the most comprehensive data on nursing home residents nationwide – and to translate these data into information that is accessible and actionable. 
Led by the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the Cooperative will utilize nursing home residents’ electronic medical records (EMR) and associated data to create comprehensive electronic health records to help providers monitor their residents’ needs and outcomes. Additionally, the system will support public health reporting as well as allow researchers to generate real-world evidence on different treatments and care practices for the elderly and individuals with disabilities in nursing homes.
The Cooperative will be the largest assembly of data from geographically and structurally diverse nursing homes and the residents they care for that has ever been assembled.
Over time, the multi-year effort will serve three broader functions:
- Assist providers with health care operations, including care coordination for residents who transfer between skilled nursing facilities.
- Provide public health monitoring for medical conditions and infections, including COVID-19, to be securely shared with relevant health authorities.
- Identify research opportunities for National Institute of Health funded academic institutions.
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes: Join the Long-Term Care Data Cooperative! A new national effort to improve the care of long term and post-acute care recipients, and to monitor the impact of treatment innovations and policy initiatives on this population.