Green roofs — beloved by residents and pests alike
By
Tim Husen, Ph.D., BCE
Apr 30, 2018
From their social and emotional benefits to potential for credits toward Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification, green roofs remain a popular trend in healthcare buildings across...
Breaking silos: Effective wound healing means treatment across the continuum
By
Arti Masturzo, M.D.
Feb 15, 2017
The challenge for the wound care industry is to facilitate understanding, and to find better delivery models across all settings.
Managing the gaps with transitional care
By
Debra Jacobs, RN, CRRN, MSN
Mar 14, 2013
As agents of innovative health care for the future, our role is clear in paving the path of collaborative efforts within the patient care continuum. Transitional Care Management (TCM) is certainly not...
Hospital discharge decisions: Why choose your facility?
By
Raul Valdes-Perez, Ph.D
May 23, 2018
Public data brings transparency like a window does, but both often need help to make sense of what they make merely visible.
Elders find purpose through service and community commitment
By
Jennifer Cabe and Joan Devine
Apr 20, 2018
Unfortunately, residents of care communities are rarely tapped to provide much-needed service. Perhaps we are too busy seeing the things that residents CANNOT do, and fail to see all that they CAN do!
Patient activation and engagement
By
Janice Gulsvig
Dec 14, 2015
First of all, in terms of the health status of yourself and those you care about, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the more activated and engaged you are in your health and health decisions,...
EHRs are changing the way we care
By
Jayne Warwick, HBScN, RN
Jul 01, 2015
We need to be able to collect data in a system that allows us to make informed decisions. Part One in a series on examining EHRs.
Finding solutions in PICC-related thrombosis
Apr 01, 2013
Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters (PICCs) are indispensible to medical treatments such as chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, dialysis and parenteral nutrition, driving technology to...
The future of interoperability
By
Greg Nicholas
Jun 30, 2017
In the previous two articles of this three-part series, I have endeavored to make the case for interoperability with clong-term care owner-operators – from the basics of what it is and why it’s...
Nurses, help your patients by helping yourselves
By
Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Martie Moore, RN, MAOM, CPHQ
Oct 19, 2015
Ask a nurse how she consoles patients with difficult diagnoses, stabilizes a critical patient or quickly saves a life. Nurses do these things masterfully, and often. But ask a nurse how she takes care...