May 2017 Wound Care/Infection Control Buyer’s Guide
May 2017 Wound Care/Infection Control Buyer’s Guide
The power of the pants
Like any sensible facility marketing director does, I desperately want opportunities to attract attention. Recently, after considering every available option, I identified what I felt was a sure-fire way...
Long-term care mandates top-tier tech
As technology services improve in mainstream society, it’s critical that long-term care providers ensure their residents aren’t left behind.
When no comment says a lot: A tale for nursing homes and hospitals
One should never forget that some of the most brutal fights occur between brothers or sisters.
Sharing secrets to success in ventilator weaning
Post-acute care facilities must excel at weaning patients off ventilators. After all, what hospital wants to transfer a patient to a facility with mediocre weaning success rates, after its staff has worked...
Gear up for another healthcare payment fight
Watching the GOP try to force through its latest healthcare reform plan, which would once again hit Medicaid hard, I was reminded of something my mother used to jokingly say: “It’s like deja...
Sherman joins Live Oak Bancshares
Adam Sherman has joined the senior care lending team at Live Oak Bancshares Inc. in Wilmington, NC.
So worth it — you better believe it
Sometimes you have to invest your time and work for what is worth achieving. Not everything, even in this day and age of instant gratification is going to come easily. And this includes many of the new...
Staying ahead of resident deterioration with predictive analytics: Oct. 5 webinar
Leveraging critical vital-sign information to learn long-term care resident trends and provide better care will be the subject of a special McKnight’s webinar Oct. 5. “Predicting resident deterioration:...
Can gloves do more harm than good?
An observational study in a LTC facility examined the degree of inappropriate glove use among certified nursing assistants (CNA) when helping residents with bathing or toileting activities.
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