I’ve learned after many years of covering long-term care that certain things are sure to arouse providers’ anger — over regulation, under payment and reckless media accounts among them. What...
Learn how to get to person-centered care with the right help at Dec. 4 McKnight’s webcast
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 12, 2013
Hear how Riverside Lodge met the challenge of achieving true person-centered care at McKnight’s Dec. 4 free webcast. With the right technological help, Riverside leveraged an e-call system to improve...
Super Tuesday webcast Aug. 5: Getting connected properly with hospitals, doctors
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James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2014
The next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast will help providers discern if they are prepared to be a preferred “connected” partner of hospitals and physicians. The free event takes place...
Oct. 1 webcast discusses providers achieving quality through medical records interoperability
Sep 13, 2013
Creating a seamless flow of demographic and clinical patient information between acute and post-acute facilities will be critical for future long-term care success. McKnight’s will host a webcast...
State survey veteran to take attendees inside the process at McKnight’s July 23 webcast
Jul 15, 2013
Attendees at an upcoming McKnight’s webcast will learn how state surveyors’ interpret regulations and reach compliance decisions from someone with more than two decades of experience. William...
March 13 McKnight’s webcast answers the tough questions about QAPI
Mar 08, 2013
The Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program mandated by the Affordable Care Act will soon require providers to strengthen their ability to collect and analyze data in order to lead to...
Aug. 13 Super Tuesday webcast: Using EHRs to improve operations and outcomes
Jul 24, 2013
Dan Billings, director of health information technology for Pathway Health Systems demonstrated how an optimized Electronic Health Record can transform a facility’s operations and outcomes during...
Reducing hospitable readmissions — a SNF opportunity
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2012
The next McKnight’s professional webcast will focus on one of the hottest issues raging in long-term care, and healthcare in general: reducing hospital readmissions. Andrew Kramer, MD, a professor...
Healthcare business social media — what the studies reveal
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 10, 2012
The “Healthcare Web Summit” will discuss a broad range of findings about healthcare social media use during an hour-long webcast starting at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday. Benchmarked findings...
Changes to MDS 3.0, RUGs the focus of free Sept. 11 Super Tuesday webcast
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 04, 2012
The MDS 3.0 now plays central payment role in long-term care. But new rules and regulations are constantly emerging — and the stakes for providers have never been higher. An informative, live, one-hour...