A needle, a patient and a tube: The challenge of phlebotomy
By
Gary Milburn, Ph.D.
Oct 02, 2013
It is commonly accepted that over 70% of all medical decisions are based on laboratory results and now more than ever those results are used to make rehospitalization decisions. To provide a closer look...
Government shutdown will not cripple long-term care, leaders say
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2013
Long-term care providers will feel some effects but should not experience serious disruptions due to the shutdown of the federal government, according to prominent trade associations.
Nine tips for becoming a home or alternate site infusion pharmacy
By
Rob Cannon
Sep 25, 2013
As healthcare reform is implemented, a heightened emphasis on cost-containment is putting pressure on all healthcare providers. As hospitals determine how to reduce readmission rates and shift care to...
When two midnights doesn’t equal three days
By
Carol Levine
Sep 23, 2013
Hospital observation stays have been increasing, as have Medicare auditors’ denial of claims related to short inpatient stays on the basis that they should have been counted as observation stays....
Care model for more than just medical condition needed in long-term care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 20, 2013
Of the most efficient countries for healthcare, the United States ranks second in healthcare costs per capita but 46th in efficiency (out of the 48 countries ranked!). The move from a biomedical to a biopsychosocial...
Minnesota nursing homes have lowest rate of hospitalizations, Mississippi and Louisiana the highest,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 20, 2013
The rate at which nursing home residents are hospitalized bears a close relationship to how well a state provides healthcare for low-income people, according to a new report from the private research foundation...
LTC Commission wins praise for recommendations, but some members say the group failed to complete mission
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2013
Long-term care advocates have praised a set of recommendations issued by the Congressional Commission on Long-Term Care, but some commissioners broke ranks, saying the panel did not fulfill its mandate.
Overcoming the guilt and embracing the gifts of long-term care
By
Deborah Shouse
Sep 04, 2013
Sometimes it takes ones own family member going into long-term care to understand what the community provides. Deborah Shouse previews her new book, “Love in the Land of Dementia: Finding Hope in...
Giving a lift to safety
By
Dave Surico
Sep 01, 2013
Employers must adopt tools and embrace policies that keep caregivers as well as residents safe during the bathing process — or pay the price in injuries.
I just love the news
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 03, 2013
Despite the economy, the price of gas and what is going on in Syria, it’s all good news for me.