Disclaimer: This is not scientific. I can, however, tell you I believe this notion to be true based on the hundreds of leadership conversations I’ve had, or haven’t had.
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.
How to listen to what your data’s telling you: March 15 Online Expo webinar
Feb 28, 2017
The final session of the 2017 McKnight’s Online Expo will start at 1 p.m. Eastern on March 15 and focus on practical uses for data that providers probably are already gathering.
Why so blue?
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Feb 28, 2017
I’ve been in a fight with my computer monitor for the past couple of days. The screen was crisp and bright looking, but after a few hours I’d start getting a headache. I had been blaming that...
It’s not just charity that should begin at home
By
John O'Connor
Feb 27, 2017
Long-term care operators tend to be a nervous lot. Rightfully so.
SNF staff recognized for caring for missing disabled girl with hypothermia
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Feb 27, 2017
Employees at an Ohio nursing home have made headlines for taking in and caring for a 12-year-old girl who disappeared from her home last week and had slept outside in 50-degree temperatures.
Re-evaluating CT for dementia residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 24, 2017
For all of our interest in cognitive training for dementia patients, we are nagged by knowing that studies on the topic have varied in quality and reliability.
Programs for end-of-life planning, EHR named winners of HHS data challenge
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Feb 23, 2017
A program aimed at sharing patients’ end of life plans is among the winners in the latest phase of the Department of Health and Human Services’ “Move Health Data Forward Challenge.”
Factoring in social risk to your value-based strategy
By
Ryan Sparks
Feb 22, 2017
Providers that were hoping to see adjustments to value-based purchasing programs based on the social risk factors of the patients they serve may likely have to wait until larger revisions to healthcare...
Maintaining year-round vigilance against bed bugs
By
Eric Braun
Feb 22, 2017
During the summer months, many industries become increasingly concerned with potential bed bug infestations.