The National Institutes of Health has awarded CareBand Inc. Phase I Small Business Innovation Research funding to determine whether the CareBand system can detect agitation in people living with Alzheimer’s...
New bioresorbable silver-gallium dressing will target biofilm
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2019
Imbed Biosciences Inc. has been awarded a $1.5 million NIH grant to research and develop a bioresorbable wound dressing with silver and gallium metal ions that can kill bacteria hiding in biofilms in wounds....
NIRS spotlights slow-to-heal wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Near infrared spectroscopy can accurately assess oxygen levels in wounds and help providers predict which ones will be slow to heal.
Hospital chain will own HCR
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Welltower Inc. and hospital operator ProMedica are acquiring Quality Care Properties Inc. for nearly $2 billion in an 80/20 deal. QCP was in the process of purchasing HCR ManorCare, which is emerging from...
Awareness, control of high blood pressure slipping in U.S.
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2020
After almost 15 years of improvement, awareness among Americans about high blood pressure, how to control it and how best to treat it is on the decline, a new study finds.
HCR ManorCare, about to be sold to Quality Care Properties, is folded into second deal with ProMedica,...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Hospital operator ProMedica and Welltower Inc. are acquiring Quality Care Properties Inc. for nearly $2 billion, the companies announced late Wednesday.
Danger afoot: Phone pics not reliable enough for ulcer care
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2017
Australian researchers are warning that mobile phone images should not be used as a stand-alone diagnostic instrument for remote assessment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Nursing homes seek overdue Medicaid managed care payments
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2017
Several managed care organizations providing Medicaid coverage in Illinois are being accused in federal court of taking too long to get payments to skilled nursing facilities.
Khoi Luong appointed SVP of post-acute care for NYC Health + Hospitals
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2022
NYC Health + Hospitals has appointed Khoi Luong, DO, senior vice president of post-acute care for the public health system, the nation’s largest.
Premier Health Care sells 1,062 beds
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Optalis Healthcare, Inc., a leading skilled nursing and senior living company based in Novi, MI, has purchased five Detroit-area properties from Premier Health Care Management, Inc. Premier CEO and co-founder...