Concordia Systems Inc. has introduced SentinelCALL™, which provides telephone calls to stay in contact with individuals with long-term chronic conditions, seniors and individuals returning home from...
RTMS launches new website
Mar 18, 2015
Real Time Medical Systems has created a new website and announced a rebranding of its corporate and product identities.
Alzheimer’s Foundation teams with tech firm Samarion to improve dementia care
By
Brett Bakshis
Jul 13, 2009
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, a national nonprofit advocacy group that also trains healthcare workers in dementia care, has teamed with Samarion Inc., a private healthcare technology company,...
Investigation continues into ‘suspicious’ fire that killed 10 at group home
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Haymarket Media
Nov 29, 2006
Authorities continued to sift clues Tuesday after a fire broke out Monday at a group home in Missouri Ozarks, killing nine residents and one staff member. Eighteen other people were hospitalized, some...
AdCare hires new CFO, mulls moves after financial errors
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 01, 2013
A turbulent spring at AdCare Health Systems Inc. included ongoing fallout from accounting errors that led to the appointment of a new chief financial officer, as well as a potential change in majority...
Average per-bed prices for skilled nursing, assisted living facilities sink in 2008
Mar 13, 2009
After hitting record prices in 2007, the average price paid per bed for skilled nursing facilities fell by 18% to $45,500 in 2008, a new report by Irving Levin Associates Inc. found.
Help addressing opioid epidemic in long-term care is on the way
Apr 06, 2018
Long-term care professionals looking to battle the nation’s deadly opioid crisis may have an assist on the way, thanks to a slew of new measures announced by the federal government this week.
How to do it… Wound care
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 07, 2007
Have you ever met a surveyor who wasn’t very interested in your wound care practices? Didn’t think so. In fact, there are signs that surveyors are looking at them with deeper interest than...
Ecolab releases cleanliness, resident care survey
Jun 03, 2014
Ecolab recently released a new survey that discusses impressions of a facility’s cleanliness.
CMS issues final rule on provider identification number
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 25, 2012
Providers and suppliers who submit claims to Medicaid and Medicare must include an identification number on enrollment applications and payment claims, according to a final rule.