Pfizer study reveals pneumonia drug effective for the elderly
Feb 25, 2014
Pfizer Inc. said it is planning on presenting the results of its Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults study next month, and that it may have significant impact on preventing community-acquired...
CodeSmart releases new reference tool
Feb 25, 2014
CodeSmart Holdings Inc. is launching the CDI Smart™ Software and Smart Code™ Reference Tool during the HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference this week in Orlando, FL.
5 rules of the rehab screen
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Feb 25, 2014
What is the purpose of a rehabilitation screen? Very simply, we attempt to identify long-term residents’ needs and possible rehab potential. Somehow, we don’t really have an industry standard...
McKnight’s Online Expo a month away
Feb 25, 2014
The McKnight’s Online Expo will take place March 26 and 27, with five webcasts from long-term care leaders.
Joint venture investment comes to Wellmore
Feb 25, 2014
Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets Group has arranged for a $35.5 million capitalization of Wellmore at Tega Cay in South Carolina, the company announced.
Rains joins new CPP group
Feb 25, 2014
Catherine Rains has become a solutions consultant at CPP’s Professional Services Group. CPP is the exclusive publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
Of Brookdale and branding: Thoughts for the small operator
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 25, 2014
Brookdale Senior Living’s acquisition of Emeritus Corp. is part of an ambitious strategy to make Brookdale the first truly national U.S. eldercare brand. So is it ominous that the Feb. 20 merger...
A survey and regulatory review of 2013
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 24, 2014
It’s important to do a review that considers your region and state. Identify how complaints and care deficiencies were handled last year.
Blanchette begins at Kindred
Feb 21, 2014
C. Scott Blanchette began as Kindred Healthcare’s chief information officer this week.
When states get a golden goose, they usually feed it to the lions
Feb 21, 2014
As my dear mother used to say, it’s a rare cloud that doesn’t offer some kind of silver lining.