RCare announced a new “safe zone” feature for its nurse call last week during the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference.
Video technology provider announces partnership
May 10, 2017
Vidyo, a video collaboration technology company, announced a partnership with Zillion Health, a patient engagement platform.
Health company expands its medication history for reconciliation for LTPAC
May 10, 2017
Surescripts announced it has expanded its Medication History for Reconciliation (MHR) service to long-term and post-acute care facilities, and is now serving users of SigmaCare and Homecare Homebase.
Fazekas promoted at Monarch Landing
May 10, 2017
Dan Fazekas is the new director of nursing at The Springs at Monarch Landing in Naperville, IL.
Playing favorites and workplace gossip hurt quality of care, providers charge
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May 10, 2017
Gossip, rudeness and playing “favorites” hurts the quality of healthcare in facilities, a new report alleges.
Addiction group wants non-penal approaches for nurse substance abuse problems
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May 09, 2017
Healthcare facilities should adopt an “alternative-to-discipline” approach when treating nursing staff with substance abuse disorders, according to a new policy statement from the International...
State high court upholds class action status in understaffing suit against SNF
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May 08, 2017
A wrongful death complaint filed against an Arkansas nursing home may continue as a class action lawsuit, the state’s supreme court ruled on Thursday.
CMS opioid strategy could keep palliative care patients from receiving therapy, expert says
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May 08, 2017
A plan released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to combat opioid abuse could end up harming patients who require the drugs for end-of-life-care, according to one expert.
Pollution can delay wound healing: study
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Kimberly Marselas
May 06, 2017
Air-polluting diesel exhaust particles, already linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, also can delay diabetic wound healing, according to South Korean researchers.
McKesson entity now Change Healthcare
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Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
Parts of McKesson Corporation and Change Healthcare Holdings have merged to create a new healthcare information technology company called Change Healthcare. It includes all of Change Healthcare’s...