AI: Living in the future
Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize the way medical professionals diagnose and treat patients. The use of AI algorithms and machine...
The ‘Great Collaboration’ that’s transformed a provider’s HR department, and enhanced employee retention
Senior care provider Loretto has created a Learning, Development and Employee Experience Office within its HR department to help employees better develop in many directions. Loretto Chief People Officer...
Who benefits behind the scenes from high prescription drug prices?
If there’s one thing most Americans still agree on, it’s that the ever-increasing cost of healthcare is simply unsustainable. And while there is plenty of blame to go around, one must look at who benefits...
CMS gets it right: Individuals receiving care will benefit from RN staffing mandate
Skilled nursing and assisted living facilities have long relied on licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/LVN) as the “backbone” of care to keep nursing salary costs low and increase profits,...
Unions to the rescue?
Ben Franklin famously assured us life has two guarantees. They are higher taxes and death. If Ben were alive today and owned a nursing home, he’d probably add a third: Unions will ruin everything.
Fasten your seatbelts: It MIGHT be a bumpy ride
It’s been a flurry of activity leading up to the implementation of the “new MDS.” For months our industry has been doing what we do best — rising to the occasion. Countless MDS training sessions,...
Not so fast with the LTC study scorn
Long-term care providers have a lot to be grateful for and, no, this isn’t an early start on a perfunctory Thanksgiving column.
The job we get to do: A glimpse into the world of skilled nursing therapists
In meetings recently I heard perspective from a colleague about the “job we get to do” as rehab professionals who are entrusted with caring for our patients — who are not just patients. They...
How do we offer hope when we can’t see beyond the next shift?
Find hidden hope and hold on to it. Hope in healthcare hides in plain sight. Hope is here. It’s unfortunate that sometimes the moments of frustration overtake our soft, but powerful, hopeful...
5 innovative long-term care nursing recruitment strategies
Did you know we’re living in the fourth industrial revolution? Charles Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, posits that AI, robotics, biotech and more are driving us toward “a technological...
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