CareOne has introduced REX, its latest rehabilitation technology designed to enhance mobility for people with a wide range of impairments. REX is a hands-free robotic device used to assist with rehabilitation,...
Hackers may have tricked FL worker into giving up info on 30,000 Medicaid patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2018
Florida officials announced Friday that hackers may have stolen the personal information and medical records of up to 30,000 Medicaid recipients in November.
Verdure planting new life in senior living
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 28, 2020
Verdure is now marketing its LIVE Moss Wellness Walls to senior living and long-term care settings, touting air quality, mood and staff productivity improvements. The self-sustaining ecosystem uses flowing...
Eldermark integrates with Paysafe for senior living transactions
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 17, 2020
Eldermark, a healthcare technology provider for the senior care industry, has announced an integration with Paysafe, a leading specialized payments platform, to improve convenience and simplify payments....
May 12 McKnight’s Online Forum offers COVID testing, infection control strategies
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2021
Earn up to three, free continuing education credits while learning about the latest COVID-19 infection control and testing strategies.
Bluestream Health integrates language interpretation services
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
Telehealth provider Bluestream Health has announced an integration with LanguageLine Solutions to provide on-demand translation services. Serving more than 50,000 providers, Bluestream delivers over 100,000...
Jury awards $5.2 million to nurse fired after reporting abuse
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2017
An Illinois nurse who claimed she was fired from her nursing home job after reporting alleged abuse has been awarded $5.2 million by a Livingston County jury.
Person-centered care paying dividends at Kansas facilities
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2017
An in-person survey of 320 Kansas nursing homes showed that facilities with a specific approach to patient-centered care had more satisfied residents than those without it.
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are increasing, but experts say deadly outbreaks aren’t inevitable
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2021
Eight months and thousands of vaccinations made an “amazing” difference in two COVID-19 outbreaks at Masonicare’s Wallingford, CT, campus.
Nursing home must face vaccine-related wrongful firing claim, but not $2M retaliation accusations
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 29, 2023
A former director of recreation therapy can move forward with claims that the Massachusetts nursing home where she worked for 10 years wrongly terminated her over her refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.