Inspections may never be “fun” for anyone, but a mobile inspection platform with a modern user experience can go a long way toward keeping employees engaged in this essential, yet often-overlooked,...
Value-based care success requires patient adherence and the right technology
By
Mark Heinemeyer
Sep 28, 2016
Across healthcare, organizations are faced with the challenge of adapting long-standing workflows and care routines in order to succeed under new value-based care models.
Overcoming obstacles to optimizing engagement
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Dec 17, 2018
Last fall, Linked Senior collected information from activity directors across the country to determine what they love most about their work and what challenges they face day-to-day, especially when it...
Diary of a new hire
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Aug 18, 2020
While employee retention is always a top priority, operating in a pandemic intensifies the urgency to hire and maintain competent, committed staff. Since the first three months of employment are particularly...
Managing the gaps with transitional care
By
Debra Jacobs, RN, CRRN, MSN
Mar 14, 2013
As agents of innovative health care for the future, our role is clear in paving the path of collaborative efforts within the patient care continuum. Transitional Care Management (TCM) is certainly not...
Strategies for improving medication management in LTC, Part 2
By
Dorris Yee
Sep 07, 2016
In my last blog, we identified room for improvement in reducing the number of preventable adverse drug events in the LTC setting
What I learned from a group of engaged senior care leaders
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Sep 20, 2018
Impacting employee engagement and retention starts with senior leaders.
The changing environment for post-acute providers
By
Denise Helms
Nov 02, 2016
With all of the changes in our health system, I often ask myself how our post-acute providers are going to address the challenges of transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing and bundled...
Eliminating vaccine hesitancy through education
By
Helen Adeosun
Kevin Smith
Nov 17, 2021
The last 19 months have been filled with many unknowns, and healthcare has been forever impacted because of it. The COVID-19 Delta variant is creating continued challenges, filling ICUs and hospital beds...
NPWT yields positive results for patients
By
Randall R. Carson
May 06, 2013
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (“NPWT”) is one of the oldest forms of medicinal therapy used to heal the human body. Over the past decade there has been a significant increase in the use of...