Care transitions, health literacy among leading readmission causes for minorities
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Jan 27, 2016
Lack of communication about care transitions and limited health literacy are among the primary reasons minority patients are readmitted to the hospital, according to a new federal guide.
Eldermark Software partners with eMenuCHOICE
Jan 26, 2016
Eldermark Software LLC announced a partnership with eMenuCHOICE® LLC (a Lyngblomsten company), developer of a web-based dining software tool of the same name.
Ichien named ED at Terraces of Los Gatos
Jan 26, 2016
Tyler Ichien is the new executive director at The Terraces of Los Gatos, a continuing care retirement community in California.
Federal law doesn’t override state decree: Family not bound by dead relative’s OK for arbitration
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 26, 2016
Family members aren’t compelled to arbitrate wrongful death cases in Kentucky when the deceased person alone signed the agreement, a court of appeals has ruled.
Senate committee releases EHR overhaul draft bill
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Jan 22, 2016
A star-rating system and Interoperability improvements for electronic health records are among the proposals in a draft bill released Wednesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
State’s for-profit SNF chains deliver lower quality of care, consumers say
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Jan 20, 2016
Maryland’s for-profit nursing home chains rank lowest in family-reported care quality ratings, according to a new study.
Antitrust case could impact telemedicine boom
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Jan 20, 2016
A recent Texas antitrust case involving a telemedicine provider could have a “wide-ranging effect” on the booming industry, according to some experts.
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Oral nutrition supplement lowers death rate in elderly
Jan 20, 2016
Abbott’s NOURISH (Nutrition effect On Unplanned ReadmIssions and Survival in Hospitalized patient) study has indicated older malnourished patients with heart and lung disease improved with a specialized...
MatrixCare CareAssist now widely available
Jan 20, 2016
MatrixCare CareAssist, a mobile solution for clinicians in long-term or post-acute care, is now widely available, the company said.