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.
Experts say full staff engagement, training crucial to improving dementia care
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Jun 17, 2015
Specialized training could help staff better handle disturbances, and decrease the need for antipsychotics, according to experts affiliated with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Study predicts injury increase for medical professionals
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 06, 2012
High tech will mean high-risk for some healthcare workers, according to projections from a Cornell University ergonomics professor. The push to make healthcare high tech, which is being pumped with $20...
Having my say: Try these new words
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 01, 2011
Every year, the Washington Post has a Mensa Invitational where they invite readers to 1) take any word from the dictionary, 2) alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one or two letters and 3) supply...
Officials: More additions and rebasings of nursing home ratings to come
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James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2015
Nearly one-third of the nation’s skilled nursing facilities lost a rating star due purely to administrative changes Friday, when regulators also emphasized that more quality measures will be added...
Analysis: Salaries hit the brakes for LTC management
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Brett Bakshis
Oct 01, 2010
Admin pay rises to $91,106; DON wages increase to $79,169
Helping the assessors
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2017
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
Making business less risky
Jul 05, 2011
More than ever, providers face the risk of reputation-wrecking lawsuits, survey deficiencies, poor satisfaction scores and a host of other potentially damaging results.
The good news is that the effective,...
Having my say — Lessons from a nightmare
Oct 05, 2007
Editor’s note: The author was the first corporate-level nursing home official in Iowa to be indicted on criminal charges related to resident care.
If you’re in healthcare, you’re a problem-solver....
Barriers prevent LTC residents from reaping full benefits of telemedicine: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 18, 2022
New technology learning curves and a preference for in-person care create barriers to telemedicine for independent living residents, a Stanford University study finds.