Blogs, Guest Columns, Things I Think and Living Leadership
Labor Day, and remembering
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 09, 2015
So we just had Labor Day, a time when most of the country gets a three-day weekend and forgets that many of those in service jobs don’t have that luxury.
Telehealth can offer savings: A case study
By
Larry McClain
Sep 08, 2015
To reduce costs, Pinnacle Health embarked on a pilot with a telehealth program with nearby Colonial Park Care Center, a 198-bed skilled nursing center in Harrisburg, PA.
Be proactive with new CMS regulations
Sep 04, 2015
If you wait to only react to the process, you will have to bite off more than you can chew when the deadlines come.
Compensation for better outcomes and costs
By
Betsy Rust
Betsy Rust
Sep 03, 2015
In particular, SNFs must make sure the right personnel mix of healthcare and business expertise exists, especially as doctors become de facto insurance administrators.
Making resident-centered care a priority
By
Sharon Belovarac, Jana Scavona and Steven Walkingstick
Sep 02, 2015
When Asbury Communities Inc., began its journey with Planetree it was not without a few questions. In our healthcare centers, where this culture-change journey would have its greatest presence, we wondered...
The high cost of rudeness
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 01, 2015
Given the stresses of caregiving and the complexities of human relationships, incivility happens. But considering the potential impact of rudeness on care, we need to do more to understand and prevent...
Connecting the dots in healthcare
By
Bruce Chernof, M.D.
Aug 31, 2015
A small set of community-based organizations are seeking to deliver coordinated care to people coping with multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations who wish to live well and safely in the...
Regulations that misfire
By
Kristy Wikum
Aug 28, 2015
A survey for our adult day care center opened my eyes to how regulations do not always support triple aim, especially related to staffing.
Staffing: solved
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 27, 2015
When I was a wee boy living in the Canadian wilderness, we needed to dig a well, so my dad hired a creepy-looking guy called a “water witch” to wander the property holding a forked stick out...
Curiosity never gets old
By
Matthew Gallardo
Aug 26, 2015
From birth, man’s thirst for understanding, knowledge and education never ceases. As we age and mature we begin to understand that education and learning is a privilege as well as a necessity