The Oct. 20 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards and Summit will celebrate outstanding innovation by skilled nursing, senior living and home care operators — and provide insights on how to...
A new rehabilitation system is designed to promote motor, cognitive and functional ability in people who have suffered a stroke.
This smart pill is hard to swallow
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 30, 2017
Reading the disturbing news in McKnight’s about the ingestible digital antipsychotic pill that tracks patient data has me all befuddled. I wish I could swallow a pill that would tell me how to feel...
The robot revolution
By
Feb 09, 2016
Every once in awhile, I come across a research report that falls into what I like to call the “duh” category. These are the studies that announce the “scientific breakthrough” of...
Improving indoor air quality is new focus of national COVID mitigation strategy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
Improving this quality measure is key to reducing the toll that respiratory viruses are taking on vulnerable older adults. But current regulations are “simply out of date,” experts say.
Technology and innovation power wound care’s ongoing evolution
By
Cathy Thomas Hess
Dec 16, 2021
Like all nurses specializing in wound care, I’ve seen many changes in our profession over the years. Perhaps the most meaningful are the influences that breakthrough technology and products have had...
Last day for the Tech Awards
Jul 31, 2013
Submissions to the second annual McKnight’s Tech Awards are due by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
How nursing homes can put themselves out of business: skimp on tech
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2017
When you read between the lines, the troubling message in a new study is this: Skilled care operators had better stop being tech cheapskates — before it’s too late.
2021 McKnight’s Tech Awards opens nominations today as part of expanded program
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 15, 2021
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program. The entry deadline is May 25, so there is little time to waste.
Obama signs massive, overdue spending bill
Mar 12, 2009
President Obama on Wednesday signed a $410 billion spending bill that he called “imperfect” but necessary to keep the federal government running.