Artificial intelligence doesn’t beat doctors in diagnosing medical issues based on images, study reveals
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 24, 2024
An artificial intelligence (AI) model solved quiz questions testing doctors’ abilities to diagnose patients based on images and text summaries accurately. However, it made mistakes when trying to describe...
Providers looking for more Medicaid ‘pie’ might be surprised by state conversions to case-mix system
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Skilled nursing providers looking to capture the best available pay rates must act quickly as more states finalize their transitions to case-mix adjusted payment systems, experts with Zimmet Healthcare...
A nurse’s guide to intelligent automation: Embracing the past, engaging the present, automating...
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Scott Bruno
Sandy Spence
Jul 17, 2024
Have you ever considered the parallels between a career change and implementing intelligent automation solutions? The Army Nurse Corps motto, “Embrace the past — Engage the present —...
Patients susceptible to ulcers need education, legal sign-off
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Providers should begin to educate certain patients and their families about “unavoidable” pressure ulcers to help fend off related litigation, two medical malpractice attorneys recommended in the National...
‘Growing concern’: Providers increasingly caring for more patients with fewer staff
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 22, 2024
Post-acute care providers are facing both increased demand for care and decreases in staff availability in what has become a “growing concern,” according to a new report on the state of the post-acute...
Blessed are the late adopters
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Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2024
Long-term care is often mocked for being behind the curve in implementing new technology. After last week’s CrowdStrike fiasco, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Truth be told, I don’t understand...
No prison for nursing home owner who botched Hurricane Ida evacuation, leading to 7 resident deaths
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 23, 2024
Bob Dean has been sentenced to three years of probation and must pay more than $1.3 million in restitution and penalties for his role in the disastrous emergency evacuation of nearly 850 residents from...
Bill seeks new structure, staff and standards for national LTC ombudsman program
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have introduced a bill to strengthen and expand long-term care ombudsman programs, calling for a new national director and a study to better understand the number...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, July 18
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
GLP-1s don’t increase suicidal thoughts, behaviors in older adults with type 2 diabetes, study finds … Report: Education improves clinical performance at retail clinics serving older adults … Electronic...
What, where, why — and don’t be Kevin Costner
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 30, 2024
OK, so I went to see the new Kevin Costner movie, “Horizon.” I’ve enjoyed most of his films and am a huge fan of “Yellowstone,” so I went in with the expectation that I was going to love the...