Electronic hand hygiene monitoring cuts MRSA rates by 42%
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Jul 12, 2016
Use of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system decreased the rate of healthcare-acquired MRSA infections in one health system by 42%, research shows.
SNF care coordination, 3-day stay rule targeted in 2017 doc fee schedule
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Jul 11, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its proposed physician fee schedule for calendar 2017, and it includes significant aspects for care transition management and the skilled nursing...
NIC: Nursing care occupancy slips further, inventory stagnates
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Jul 08, 2016
The nursing care sector’s occupancy rates fell 0.3 percentage point in the second quarter of 2016, a new report shows.
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Residents sue over sale of their D.C. nursing home
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Jul 07, 2016
Residents of a historic Washington D.C. nursing home have filed a lawsuit protesting the highly-publicized sale of their facility to a prominent private school.
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Nursing home operator to pay $650,000 after cell phone with patient records stolen
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Phil Brahm
Jul 06, 2016
A stolen iPhone containing the medical records of more than 400 nursing home patients will cost the former owner of several nursing homes $650,000 under a federal settlement.
Palliative care meetings do not ease anxiety, depression more than regular care, study finds
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2016
Structured meetings led by palliative care specialists did not provide appreciable reductions of depression or anxiety in family members of patients with chronic critical illnesses, compared to routine...
Latest medication disposal system is created by nurse
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 04, 2016
Kitty litter and coffee grounds are among the undesirable materials many long-term care nurses employ to destroy expired or unused medications. Nurse Sherry Day said she knew there had to be a better way.
Disabled and seniors connect, thanks to a new tech program
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Amy Novotney
Jul 04, 2016
When Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café in Wadsworth, OH, first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of...