Omnicare Inc. turned a profit in the second quarter, according to a statement from the nursing home pharmacy giant. Omnicare earned $18.7 million, or 17 cents per share, for the three months ended June...
PointRight’s StaffRight aligns staffing levels with resident acuity
Aug 01, 2012
PointRight Inc. recently released StaffRight. The new service helps skilled nursing facilities align staffing levels with resident acuity, which also helps improve Nursing Home Compare scores. Operators...
Customizable PC Console display streamlines care, improves productivity
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
Jeron Electronic Systems Inc. announced the integration of a network accessible PC Console Display into its Provider 790 nurse call system. The PC Console Display delivers additional activity and status...
How to do it… Resident security
Aug 01, 2012
Few things are more important to long-term care providers than their residents’ safety. There’s far more to security than just wandering alarms and locked doors. Today’s security systems...
SimpleC receives NIA funding
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
SimpleC has been awarded the prestigious Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging. The grant will fund nearly three years of development and implementation of the Mobile...
SimpleC receives NIA funding
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
SimpleC has been awarded the prestigious Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging. The grant will fund nearly three years of development and implementation of the Mobile...
LTC Properties announces $85.8 million financing deal
Jul 25, 2012
LTC Properties Inc. announced that it entered into a private placement of $85.8 million in 12-year senior unsecured notes to a group of institutional investors.
Medline tool helps reduce hospital readmissions
Jul 25, 2012
Medline Industries Inc. recently launched a readmission tracking and analysis tool for nursing homes.
Medicare reviewers often stop short
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jul 23, 2012
If a patient can achieve his or her highest level of independence, as a rehab clinician, I say let’s go for it. To Medicare reviewers, too often they say stop at the prior level of function. So I...
Antipsychotics report will have severe side effects
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2012
Antipsychotic drugs are often used to calm residents with dementia. This reality is common knowledge among most people who have spent more than a few minutes in a nursing facility. But it is apparently...