LTC facilities remain at high risk of C. difficile
By
Holly Petrovich
Jun 05, 2015
Clostridium difficile is responsible for 14,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, and 75% of them involve nursing home residents, according to an expert presenting Thursday at a McKnight’s webinar.
Waiting for a pellet
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 06, 2016
From now on when I ponder the future of long-term care, I’ll think about Uncle Jimmy.
Ask the nursing expert
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Apr 01, 2008
I have been a director of nursing for a long time now and am feeling exhausted. What can I do to re-energize?
Learn how to juggle resident’s rights and regs at Online Expo
Aug 23, 2017
Long-term care providers are facing a new challenge thanks to the new requirements for participation: how to respect resident’s wishes and preferences while staying in compliance.
National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) will actually be observed for a week this year. The 50-state annual initiative promoting the importance of advance-care planning will take place from Sunday through...
Insurance group sees problems with proposed policy
Jul 28, 2009
At least one industry group is pushing for enactment of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. The measure offers limited coverage for long-term care services, and is backed...
Feds may void invalid forms
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2012
Overcoding or undercoding incontinence in the MDS 3.0 remains a problem in many facilities, an expert cautions.
AHS selects wound care company
Dec 20, 2016
Advanced Healthcare Solutions, a management group with 41 skilled nursing facilities in Texas, said it has chosen Third Eye Health and WoundRounds® to power its AdvancedCare+ tele-medical program.
Online Expo continues today with wound, technology sessions
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Mar 15, 2017
Coming off of a record-attendance day, McKnight’s Online Expo returns for its final day with hot-topic educational sessions on wounds and technology.
Cloud-based business intelligence platform released
Jun 21, 2017
OptimizeHealth has released vitalsBI, a cloud-based business intelligence and data visualization platform.