Drug diversion, a series: How to prevent and spot it
By
Norris Cunningham
Angela Rinehart
Jul 19, 2021
Drug diversion occurs when prescription medicines are obtained or used illegally. While diversion has always been a concern, without question, COVID-19 certainly increased personal stress and pressure...
Buoyed by growth, massive hospital system drives collaboration — and takes the lead on payments
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2021
When Steward Health Care announced last week that it was buying five hospitals from Tenet Healthcare Corp. for $1.1 billion, what didn’t get much media attention was the organization’s history of coordinating...
Use electrostatic technology for large-scale disinfection in long-term care
By
J. Hudson Garrett Jr., Ph.D.
Feb 23, 2021
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted long-term care facilities across the United States. COVID-19 is primarily spread via infectious respiratory droplets, but can also be spread via...
Do you speak 2020?
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 14, 2020
In the course of just seven months, words and phrases have taken on a life of their own. They aren’t just words: They are topics for debate, fuel for bitter arguments, tools for discussion and will evoke...
Clarity, confidence and competence: Leadership through COVID-19 chaos reveals industry’s resilience
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 28, 2021
A panel of female executives told McKnight’s this month that the unrelenting challenges of COVID-19 strengthened the resolve of many, proving both the industry and its increasing slate of women leaders...
What to do when your resident’s death wish seems ‘rational’
By
Marty Stempniak
May 25, 2018
Suicide — a shadowy issue that most would prefer to ignore — is seemingly a hot topic in the news these days.
How to do it: Memory care dining program
By
John Hall
Apr 08, 2018
Memory care often calls for unique and innovative approaches in every facet of dementia residents’ facility experience, and dining is no exception. Experts offer valuable tips on how to minimize...
How will PBJ impact Five-Star staffing? Would you like one lump or two?
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 30, 2018
We don’t know when, and we don’t know how, but when Payroll-Based Journal staffing data replaces the data currently being captured from CMS Form 671 for calculating Five-Star staffing, we are...
Profile: Randie Duretz is an LTC ‘Energizer Bunny’
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 05, 2018
Randie Dale Duretz was named after a race horse, and by all accounts her parents must have been prescient.
No PDPM panic when you’re in sync
By
Rod Baird
May 22, 2019
With the right EHRs and other technology, along with a culture that encourages change management and recognizes the value of learning new processes, you can have a team that embraces PDPM, instead of dreading...