Leveling the playing field for post-acute care: Enabling interoperability with minimal tech investment
By
Bevey Miner
Sep 12, 2023
While the long-awaited goal of interoperability seems to be advancing for EHR-equipped care providers, the idea of enabling health equity across the care spectrum seems untenable for post-acute care facilities...
The extraordinary view
By
Martie Moore
Jan 15, 2016
As healthcare providers today, we must be ready to view the changes at both a macro and micro level, and move and respond accordingly to the moment. The current movement requires both the utilization of...
It’s your data. Or is it?
By
John O'Connor
May 31, 2024
Here’s some good news, of sorts: St. Louis-based Ascension has finally restored access to its electronic health records, more than three weeks after a May 8 ransomware attack.
A band for every nursing home
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 19, 2012
Nursing home residents — especially long-term residents — deserve to have the best entertainment that money can buy. Gary Gamponia, the director of the Los Angeles-based Pay It Forward jazz band, has...
Essential analytics for thriving in LTC
By
Rob Price
Jul 14, 2017
Healthcare has a reputation of being notoriously slow to adopt technology that other industries have long since made part of everyday life and analytics is no exception.
Embedding QAPI into transition planning
By
Carole Dykhouse, BSN, RN-BC, CPHQ
Aug 05, 2015
On July 13, 2015 the most comprehensive change to nursing home regulations in 25 years was proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The growing cost of compliance in long-term care
By
Michael K. Loucks
Nov 09, 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand compliance-related regulations for skilled nursing facilities.
Hold off celebrating until you see the proof from CMS
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 09, 2017
Don’t uncork the champagne just yet. That was my sentiment in August when a federal court ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had come up short in its obligation to educate beneficiaries...
Don’t punish SNFs for training
By
Jeff Marcus, RN
Dec 30, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have made information technology and staff competency a priority for the past five years.
Long-term care financing reform presents area of opportunity for presidential candidates
By
Kathryn Roberts
Sep 24, 2008
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama should not overlook the potential impact of long-term care financing reform.