LifeShare Technologies recently released LifeShare Family, a mobile app connecting seniors with their families,and caregivers.
Feds should tighten access to common painkillers, legislators say
Feb 27, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration should “act without delay” in tightening access to hydrocodone painkillers such as Vicodin, Congressional lawmakers urged in a recent letter. The letter was...
AARP expected to endorse House healthcare reform bill
Nov 05, 2009
AARP, the powerful national seniors’ group, today is expected to express its support for the House Democratic healthcare reform bill, according to news reports Wednesday.
Google launches medical records business
Jun 04, 2008
Google has launched Google Health. This medical records service business will allow users to store and manage healthcare information online. To ensure privacy, Google built a separate, secure computer...
Embodied Labs announce new VP of marketing
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 13, 2019
Lola Rain has joined Embodied Labs as its new vice president of marketing.
Last chance for your Tech Award
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2018
The clock is ticking for providers to enter the 2018 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program. The deadline is July 20. The awards program honors skilled nursing and senior living providers...
Discover facilities management secrets at Sept. 13 webinar
Aug 29, 2016
Around half of facilities management personnel are expected to retire in the next decade, causing a potential crisis for long-term care administrators. At an upcoming webinar, attendees will learn how...
Ask the nursing expert … about early career doubts
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Jan 01, 2015
I just graduated from nursing school a few months ago and I’m having doubts. How did you find the area of nursing that was right for you?
AHCA members zero in on quality on Capitol Hill
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 04, 2013
Providers will focus on promoting solutions to the “doc fix,” bad debt and the observation stay loophole during visits with their Congressional representatives Tuesday. And they shouldn’t...
Rah-rah-rah retirement: Alumni of the University of Texas retire at their alma mater
By
Brett Bakshis
Sep 01, 2010
All these ‘exes’ live in Texas—at Longhorn Village, a new retirement community influenced and occupied by University of Texas alumni