With all of the changes in our health system, I often ask myself how our post-acute providers are going to address the challenges of transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing and bundled...
The importance of data accuracy
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 10, 2013
Has a day gone by when you haven’t heard about a new healthcare reform requirement coming of age? This month skilled nursing facilities were supposed to have started having an operational compliance...
HIPAA compliance a part of clinical communication
By
David Wortman
Aug 20, 2014
In long term and post-acute care facilities, where those with a “need to know” protected health information can include everyone from nursing and social services, to chaplains, cooks, transportation...
Improving kidney care for residents in nursing facilities
By
Barb Bednar
Mar 30, 2016
Dialysis is a life-sustaining treatment for people who have lost the function of their kidneys. The leading cause of kidney failure is type 2 diabetes.
Mosquitoes are active: What can you do?
By
Ron Harrison, Ph.D.
Jul 31, 2015
Some mosquitoes also carry a relatively new virus in the United States called chikungunya virus.
A study that may never be done — but should
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 28, 2013
Government agencies and lobbyists are famous for conducting studies that prove a point — theirs, namely. That’s why I’ll be very interested to see who will have the courage to conduct one...
Stuff I won’t do for residents and why your staff shouldn’t either: preventing burnout in...
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 09, 2014
In my last post, I wrote about some of the many things I do for residents as a long-term care psychologist. The astute reader will note that most of the tasks were accomplished during work hours and within...
Divided they stand
By
Liza Berger
Mar 21, 2008
The innovative founder and chief executive officer of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. can’t be having too much fun right now. Earlier this week, Paul Klaassen stepped down from his post as chairman of the...
Why the Oklahoma sign law is far from ‘OK’
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 16, 2016
Perhaps it’s a sign of growing older when your response to a new government law is not, “That’s horrible!” but rather, “Who is going to pay for that?!” Such was the...
Support for and lessons learned from 3M and HomeFree
By
Jim Gleason
Mar 20, 2014
For those of you that keep up on what’s going on in the industry, you probably know that 3M announced that they were exiting the market around 18 months ago. We’ve stepped in to help customers.