What’s in store for tech? Experts weigh in on trends
By
John Hall
Jan 05, 2020
Issues involving data standardization, privacy and telehealth may be front and center in 2020 as pressure to comply grows.
Information technology helping SNFs slice through ‘noise’
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2022
As nursing homes emerge from one of the most challenging periods in the sector’s history, they still find themselves hindered by old problems. Information technology holds the promise to help facilities...
Providers brace for staffing rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 12, 2023
Providers were bracing for the first federal minimum staffing proposal, the details of which could have broad implications for all nursing homes.
February Company Briefs
Feb 02, 2020
Lead to Conversion has created a new division to help senior care providers with website, SEO and other marketing tasks.
House probes SNFs and CMS
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 09, 2020
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis launched an inquiry into the federal government and five of the largest nursing home operators for their responses during the pandemic.
Ask the legal expert: How much harassment is too much, so that we could or should discipline an employee...
By
John Durso
Nov 14, 2019
How much harassment is too much, so that we could or should discipline an employee in a position of power? There are federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination against protected categories, such...
Ask the treatment expert: What information should we get back from the wound clinic?
By
Jeri Lundgren
Nov 11, 2019
We send our complex wound residents to a wound clinic. What information should we be getting back from them? I have worked with many providers who tell me they receive only recommendations or even, in...
Editor’s Desk: The time is quite right to change survey frequency
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
If nothing else, we have to give Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service Administrator Seema Verma credit for building a plan and sticking to it. So far. But be careful what you ask for. Rumors have flown...
Can information tech save the workforce-strapped sector?
By
John Hall
Sep 11, 2022
In an industry valiantly defending itself against the pandemic, PPE shortages and antibiotic resistance, there’s one thing that has brought many providers to their knees: an AWOL workforce that has shown...
As volume of data collected rises, operators must determine who’s the boss of precious information
By
John Hall
Apr 04, 2019
Nursing home managers deftly deal with issues about life and death and all that comes between, but ask how data has affected them and some are likely to say “overwhelmed.”