For years, skilled nursing providers have struggled to get telehealth services covered and often dragged their feet to adopt tech-based solutions because of costs. The coronavirus may finally shift more...
Communication services become essential with meetings canceled, telework encouraged
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Several companies with employee communication and hiring platforms have expanded their services or made them free as healthcare providers promote telework for nonessential staff and reduce face-to-face...
eLearning offerings keep providers up-to-date on outbreak
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
With so much to learn about a new virus — and more attention than ever on infection control — online learning is taking on an outsized role. Talent manager HealthcareSource has released a free set...
Sodexo announces extended leave policy
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Sodexo, a major provider of food service management to skilled nursing and senior communities, has extended its sick leaves policies to cover workers affected by COVID-19. The company will ensure sick...
Modernizing Medicine adds to EHR capabilities
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Specialty-specific healthcare IT provider Modernizing Medicine announced that existing and new users of its electronic health records system, known as EMA, will now also have free access to the company’s...
WoundSource offers online expo as alternative to cancelled conferences
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
WoundSource.com, the digital companion to the Kestrel Wound Product Sourcebook, is offering a free online Wound Care expo as a CE opportunity for wound care specialists and others whose onsite educational...
Barco makes new scrub colors available
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Barco, which merges function and fashion in its medical work wear, is offering versatile new designs. The company’s springtime scrub colors include: · Grey’s Anatomy EDGE –...
Tarkett introduces Vellum and Bindery modular carpet
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Tarkett, a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring, has introduced two new modular carpet designs: Vellum and Bindery. Using the same eight gentle colorways, Vellum and Bindery marry...
Methodist Retirement Communities names Alan Brown president, CEO
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Methodist Retirement Communities has tapped Alan Brown to be president and CEO. Brown was formerly chief operations officer for Methodist Senior Services in Tupelo, MS. Over 253 prospective...
Telehealth, technology providers and insurers offer range of services in wake of coronavirus
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spread to at least 35 states this week, healthcare vendors and insurers scrambled to help skilled nursing providers prepare for a battle against potentially fatal respiratory infections. ...