In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set forth new regulations related to life safety and emergency preparedness. Designed to protect Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries — namely those...
Behavioral health gets noticed, but challenges remain
By
Bernadette Greatorex
Nov 14, 2019
In 2018, 1 in 25 U.S. adults (or 11.4 million people) had a serious behavioral health need. Patients residing in skilled nursing facilities present with a variety of mental health...
Dementia unlocked
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Nov 12, 2019
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.” — Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow, best known...
Scale up technology to lower total costs
By
Scott Magers
Nov 07, 2019
When considering technology investments, focus on these three points to yield value from an operational and clinical perspective: productivity, profitability and customer value. In previous posts in this...
The 6 keys to post-acute care coordination
By
Mary Kay Thalken
Nov 05, 2019
Many hospitals and health systems are developing preferred post-acute care networks to improve patient outcomes by collaborating with high-quality skilled nursing facilities, to participate in shared-savings...
Mastering the ‘how’ behind that marketing ‘wow’
By
Marty Jensen
Oct 31, 2019
When Wyndemere Senior Living in Wheaton, IL, launched an expansion this summer, it was our first major capital project since 1999. Meeting — and then exceeding — marketing expectations was critical....
Overcoming 6 challenges of group therapy
By
Mark Evin
Oct 22, 2019
The first step of any exercise in innovation is to deeply understand the nature of the problem you’re trying to solve. When done well, this process of discovery often points to a solution that’s different...
3 ingredients to reduce nurse burnout
By
Chris Caulfield
Oct 15, 2019
The perfect recipe for optimizing employee and patient satisfaction at long-term care and skilled nursing facilities includes two key elements: a well-staffed facility and a team of nursing professionals...
Fight deadly germs with smarter technology
By
Deric Blattenberger
Oct 10, 2019
Recent headlines have inundated us with news about the alarmingly rapid spread of a new and deadly strain of C. auris — a drug-resistant fungus, still with no discernible origin, that has seen 309 cases...
Trauma can happen anywhere. Prepare.
By
Sherie L. Friedrich, PsyD
Oct 08, 2019
Trauma is not an uncommon experience: 60% of men and 50% of women will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime, and nearly 8% of the population will at some point meet diagnostic criteria for Post-Traumatic...