Long-term care prices surge, assisted living, home care drive trend
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 28, 2006
Long-term care costs are rising across the board. Assisted living and home care already showed significant spikes this year, according to a new survey.
Post-acute partnerships now have become a widespread strategy to reduce hospital readmissions, survey...
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 03, 2014
Hospital partnerships with post-acute providers can be considered a “key strategy” in reducing readmissions, according to market data gathered by executive advisory service Healthcare Intelligence...
Nonprofit nursing home workers are more satisfied with care, safety levels, report finds
Sep 15, 2011
Nonprofit nursing home workers have higher levels of satisfaction with their facilities than their for-profit counterparts, according to a new report.
A new survey by Holleran finds that a nursing home’s Five-Star scores do not reflect families’ and residents’ satisfaction levels. Providers, who have been criticizing the system for...
Stigma about Alzheimer’s disease can delay its diagnosis of for up to six years, a new study finds.
Survey: Providers say electronic health records improve care, but culture of paper is embedded
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 26, 2012
The majority of healthcare professionals believe that electronic health records improve patient care, but most are still using paper records, a new survey says.