Reader Poll: What is your biggest technology-related challenge?
Sep 04, 2015
Answers compiled during the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit in Baltimore.
Zen gardening for LTC
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 04, 2015
Here’s my naïve and rather radical gardening philosophy — it should be an act of joy, not stress or fear. But another striving human I know, along with a few people I’ve met in long-term...
A miracle of reflection
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 01, 2014
Sometimes in business — and particularly in the long-term care business — it can be useful to see things from a fresh, unexpected perspective.
Signs of the season
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 05, 2016
Once again, our planet completed its 584-trillion-mile encirclement of the sun and safely brought us back to October/November and two things that matter most — LTC conventions and baseball.
When silence is golden
By
Gary Tetz
May 08, 2015
We don’t have crickets in long-term care, but we should. They’re very soothing insects. Experts on Crickipedia maintain that they actually emit four different sounds — a calling song, an...
Lose the bad attitude
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 01, 2012
If blatant displays of disinterested hostility were an Olympic event, I know a nurse who would have taken the gold — and maybe the silver and bronze as well.
Driven to drink – cheers!
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 04, 2015
Is it just a coincidence that on the day after the most heartbreaking defeat ever in Seattle sports, following the worst coaching decision in recorded football history, not just the Super Bowl, I choose...
Meds in a cupcake
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2013
If you’re weary of pursuing constant improvement and innovation in long-term care, take inspiration from Burger King.
Insta-gratification next?
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 06, 2017
Here’s a hypothetical for you. Let’s say you’re a busy nurse in a long-term care setting, and your supervisor wanders up and says, “Mrs. Jacobs in Room 203 really wants a cup of...
Nomophobia threat
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 01, 2013
They say confession is good for the soul, so here goes. I’m having an affair — with my smartphone. What started with a few innocent conversations and some harmless texting quickly became an obsession,...