Technology award winners raise bar for third annual McKnight’s Tech Awards
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2014
Compelling stories of improved resident engagement is how some winners of the third annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards caught the eyes of our independent panel of judges.
The most important leadership decision in a Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement plan is not what, but who, to include, a former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said Tuesday.
Better heart-attack survival rates generally justify increased tech spending, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 15, 2006
In many cases, better survival rates among heart attack patients are a good argument for an increase in healthcare technology spending. But not all the time, a new study finds.
Operators must embrace technology to reduce staffing costs, experts advise
Nov 11, 2011
Nursing homes can survive recent Medicare and impending Medicaid cuts by embracing the use of technology to reduce staffing costs, said experts in a McKnight’s webinar Thursday.
Recipe contest provides flavor
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The dietary team at Riverdale’s Hebrew Home sure knows how to stir the pot. Wanting to give residents a better sense of how the industrial kitchen runs — and a little more say over its menu —James...
Study: More hospitalized SNF residents using ventilators, despite lack of improvement
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Oct 12, 2016
An increasing number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia are put on mechanical ventilators when they’re hospitalized, despite the fact that the treatment doesn’t improve their...
Surveillance possible from remote locations
May 02, 2012
Plustek Technology announced today the launch of its new nDVR 540. This digital video recorder surveillance system is designed for use with existing CCTV cameras. The system delivers real-time recording...
MDS 3.0, pressure ulcers push Expo to record highs; sessions conclude today
Mar 26, 2015
There are a lot of swirling questions why certain residents develop pressure ulcers, which remain a costly and critical issue for long-term care providers, a leading wound care expert noted Wednesday.
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
CDC: Reduce citations with these antibiotic stewardship tools
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers constantly being cited for lapses in antibiotic stewardship should adopt antibiotic-use protocols to improve adherence to federal infection control guidelines, according to a new...