IT specialists are already working to create and implement the next era of resident-centered electronic health records.
Debate intensifies over nurse-to-patient ratios
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Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2006
Many hospitals are looking for ways to keep nurses aside from adhering to nurse-to-patient ratios, a news report finds.
Quality pursuit taken to a new level
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 08, 2006
Providers join critics in coalition to show they can improve over the next two years.
News Analysis — Providers get tough on turnover
By
Liza Berger
Oct 16, 2006
Grant program explores workplace practices to improve retention among frontline staff.
Transportation feature — Going places
By
Liza Berger
Oct 16, 2006
Transportation often is an overlooked area of operations. But investing in the right vehicles makes good business sense.
Providers asked to pursue new quality initiative
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Haymarket Media
Oct 04, 2006
The government and several industry groups are asking nursing homes to voluntarily focus their efforts on three quality and performance measures.
Clarification: Increasing rehospitalization rates ‘multifaceted’ problem
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Haymarket Media
Sep 15, 2006
An item in Tuesday’s Daily Update did not fully enough discuss the views of Dr. Andrew Kramer, head of the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado at Denver and...
The rehospitalization rate for skilled nursing residents is “alarming,” according to an expert’s report to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Admin, DON salaries rise at a slower clip
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James M. Berklan
Sep 08, 2006
Nursing home administrators hit a record high national median salary this year, and so did directors of nursing. But each group saw a slowdown in momentum that built last year.
Risk management feature — Taking a gamble
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 08, 2006
The task of risk management is becoming more complicated as the number of Alzheimer’s and dementia residents rises.