Omnicare Inc., the nation’s largest provider of pharmacy services to nursing homes, announced Friday it has extended its purchase offer of $1.3 billion to buy Baltimore-based NeighborCare Inc. The...
Study: Communication breakdown leads to unattended pain in nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Jul 28, 2004
Pain often goes unattended in nursing homes because of a breakdown in communications between nursing staff and clinicians, according to a Yale University School of Medicine study in the Archives of Internal...
Government releases plans on advancing electronic patient records
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Haymarket Media
Jul 22, 2004
The Bush administration announced Wednesday a long-term plan to transform the nation’s healthcare system by advancing electronic patient records in a report entitled “The Decade of Health Information...
NIC: Financial indicators show slight improvement in nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Jul 14, 2004
The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries released its quarterly Key Financial Indicators Monday, revealing favorable results for nursing homes.
Study: Hispanic women wait longer to put relatives in nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Jul 13, 2004
Hispanic women who care for older relatives with dementia wait longer than white caregivers to place their relatives in nursing homes, especially when they are less acclimated to U.S. society, according...
NeighborCare’s board unanimously rejected another hostile $1.5 billion takeover bid from rival Omnicare, Inc, citing the deal as “blatantly opportunistic” and not in the best interest...
Omnicare makes unsolicited offer to buy NeighborCare
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Haymarket Media
May 25, 2004
Omnicare Inc., the nation’s largest provider of prescription drugs and medical supplies to nursing homes, made an unsolicited offer to buy Baltimore-based NeighborCare Inc. for $1.35 billion Monday....
President Bush visits vet facility, calls for nationwide electronic medical records system
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Haymarket Media
Apr 29, 2004
President Bush is calling for the creation of a nationwide electronic medical records system within the next decade, as well as a new office in the Department of Health and Human Services: a national health...
NIC to deliver market data at local level
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Haymarket Media
Mar 01, 2004
Data about local conditions in 30 geographic markets will soon be available four times each year from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries (NIC), the group announced...
AHIMA releases guidance for electronic health records
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Haymarket Media
Jan 20, 2004
As nursing home administrators transition to electronic health records from paper records, the American Health Information Management Association has released best practice standards for the new method.