Minimum data set coordinators should get as much support as possible from colleagues as they navigate data set changes and ever-evolving requirements
Rapid (Rx) transit
By
Julie Williamson
Feb 02, 2013
Time is a valuable and limited resource in long-term care. Caregivers often scramble to meet the varying needs of their residents and struggle to balance those duties against equally time-consuming regulatory...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...
How to do it … Resident security
Aug 01, 2014
Resident security touches the job of every person in a long-term care environment. Facility staff are concerned with security. IT people need systems that integrate well with computers and servers. And...
Study links poor financial performance and ‘de facto’ nursing home segregation; raises questions...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 02, 2013
Nursing homes with a high proportion of black residents tend to underperform financially, according to recently published research that raises difficult questions about admissions practices and healthcare...
IT feature: Communication breakdown
By
John O'Connor
Jan 05, 2005
As more operators develop information management networks, technology problems are also on the rise for more facilities.
Public policy expert: COVID-19 is forcing U.S. to ‘disrupt and upend how we use post-acute care’
By
Liza Berger
Apr 07, 2020
The disparate post-acute care response across the country has alarmed some public policy experts, in part, because of the risks involved if nursing homes are forced to accept COVID-positive hospital patients....
How to do it … information technology
Sep 01, 2013
Acquiring a software package completes one process for providers, but it also initiates another: A quest to enhance staff knowledge and skills for using the new information technology. In this special...
Having my say: Federal funding for IT would be a solid investment
Apr 01, 2011
Ken Terry, Author of the book Rx For Health Care Reform
CNN investigation: Sexual assaults in nursing homes a ‘widespread’ issue
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Feb 23, 2017
Sexual assaults of nursing home residents by facility employees are “widespread” but “little-discussed,” according to an investigation published Wednesday by CNN.