Given the importance of treating sores and other open areas on the skin, there are countless possible approaches to managing wound care. No small part of the challenge for providers is making sure treatment...
No taste like home: Iowa group provides weekly meals for nursing facility’s workers
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
An Iowa group is making sure nearby nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while on the job each weekend.
Inspector General report: 1 in 7 nursing home residents are incorrectly prescribed psychotropic medications
May 11, 2011
As many as one in seven elderly nursing home residents, most of whom have dementia, are being prescribed expensive, powerful antipsychotic medications that increase the risk of death, according to a report...
AHA highlights game-changing benefits of newer diabetes drugs
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 30, 2020
Newer classes of diabetes drugs reliably protect patients from heart and kidney damage associated with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, an American Heart Association analysis finds. Increased...
Suit: SNF liable for overdose
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2015
A nursing home owner whose former employee died of an overdose is being sued in San Luis Obispo (CA) Superior Court.
Vendor blog to address health information issues
Apr 25, 2012
ICA will launch a HIT Me Blog. The blog that will address issues facing healthcare, health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange (HIE). Initial blogs include discussions on vendor...
New temperature detector released
Apr 18, 2017
Inovonics has debuted a new EN1752 temperature detector, which is integrated into its existing system.
Reform now likely here to stay
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 02, 2012
With the November elections over, and with them the possibility of the Affordable Care Act’s demise, providers likely are girding for more fights over reimbursement cuts, the debut of health insurance...
Study: Alzheimer’s drug improves Parkinson’s-related dementia
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 11, 2004
Medication used successfully to treat Alzheimer’s disease also leads to moderate improvement in dementia caused by Parkinson’s disease, according a study published in the most recent New England...
Researchers say most 80-plus seniors could benefit from bypass surgery
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 19, 2005
British researchers contend that most 80-year-olds should undergo heart bypass surgery because those who do tend to outlive their peers.