The crowd is NOT gathering (no need online!), but they are signing up en masse for next week’s...
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 16, 2012
Providers from around the country are already making the sixth annual McKnight’s Online Expo the most successful version yet. They have signed up in record numbers for the virtual trade show, which...
Medical directors continue annual meeting with look at key caregiving processes
Mar 25, 2011
The American Medical Director Association’s annual conference, “Long Term Care Medicine—2011,” continues through Sunday in Tampa with concurrent educational sessions highlighting some...
New fiber dressing becomes available in the U.S
Aug 16, 2016
Acelity has said its BIOSORB™ Gelling Fiber Dressing is now available in the United States.
New smartphone app for diabetes released
Apr 14, 2015
Worcester Polytechnic Institute investigators have developed an advanced smartphone application, called Sugar, for those with diabetes. The app can measure status of chronic foot ulcers.
One week away: 12th Annual Online Expo nearing record numbers
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 06, 2018
New attendance records are expected to be set at the 12th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo next week during the five-webinar virtual trade show.
New infection control guidelines released; MRSA, c. Diff and urinary tract infections figure prominently
Oct 10, 2008
Many of the nation’s most prominent infection-control groups on Wednesday released a new set of “consensus” guidelines to help curb the spread of six potentially fatal facility-acquired...
DAY ONE: McKnight’s 5th Annual Online Expo kicks off today with technology, wound care and capital...
Mar 23, 2011
Today marks the beginning of the 5th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo, the largest online trade show for the long-term care community. Free registration is still available online at www.mcknights.com/expo2011
McKnight’s 5th Online Expo expands … to six months duration
Feb 07, 2011
Ignoring the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” organizers of the McKnight’s Online Expo are changing the formula to their highly successful virtual trade show for long-term...
Ask the treatment expert … about palliative wound care
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Apr 06, 2015
Palliative care is focused on the relief of symptoms with a goal to improve the quality of the individual’s life.
Ask the treatment expert
By
Donna Sardina
Nov 01, 2007
What are some guidelines we can follow for documenting incision-site care in fresh post-op residents?