Robust ownership data could drive healthier nursing home deals: study author
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2023
Greater insight into potential buyers is just one possible benefit of proposed rules that would make publicly available more information about private equity and real estate investment trust ownership...
Providence St. Joe’s to embark on massive branding effort
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 12, 2019
Providence St. Joseph, one of the largest health systems in the country, will initiate key branding changes among its Catholic ministries starting in California next year. Those facilities will operate...
Ensign Group goes on buying spree as it reports yet another record quarter
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Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2024
The Ensign Group on Wednesday announced a sweeping package of deals that will kickstart growth in one market, expand its footprint in five others and make the company a player in a new post-acute segment.
Kno2 makes record retrieval free during coronavirus crisis
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2020
Kno2 is making its on-demand patient record retrieval service available free for as long as state or federal states of emergency continue. Last week, Carequality, the leading national query network used...
Value-based care focus could erode regulatory safeguards, critics argue
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 20, 2019
Several healthcare advocacy organizations — and at least two government agencies — are supporting efforts that make it easier for medical providers to share information about or refer patients to their...
Identifier mix-ups undermining quest for useful electronic health record exchanges
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Kimberly Marselas
May 29, 2019
A review of more than 700 comments on a proposed rule to standardize the exchange of electronic health records points to one major concern: inconsistently or improperly recorded patient names.
ProClassic Interior formula gets new treatment
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
Sherwin-Williams has launched its next generation ProClassic® Interior Water-based Acrylic-Alkyd Enamel in satin and semi-gloss sheens. The high-quality formula has alkyd performance with acrylic properties,...
Nursing diversity improves … but slowly
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Though nursing’s ranks are becoming more diverse, there’s still much work to be done to make it reflective of the U.S. population.
Two days left! McKnight’s Women of Distinction Jan. 5 deadline approaching
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
There are just two days left to nominate candidates for the 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program under the standard deadline.
Withering report on misuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes overlooks industry efforts to improve,...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2018
Those who care for the nation’s seniors have been leaders in reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications in skilled nursing settings, advocates said Monday in response to a scathing...