This is for long-term care providers with dedicated employees
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 27, 2013
If you’re a long-term care provider, there’s no way you can spend your days doing nothing. It’s simply impossible. You know it and we know it. So now here’s one more thing for you...
A strategy for success: Connecting clinical and financial outcomes
By
Edward J. Tromczynski
Edward J. Tromczynski
Jan 28, 2013
In order for your facility to survive and thrive, it’s imperative to stay ahead of this ongoing tsunami. In the long-term care market, a successful strategic plan connects clinical outcomes to financial...
Operators must embrace technology to reduce staffing costs, experts advise
Nov 11, 2011
Nursing homes can survive recent Medicare and impending Medicaid cuts by embracing the use of technology to reduce staffing costs, said experts in a McKnight’s webinar Thursday.
Survey: E-prescribing systems on the rise in nursing homes
Aug 10, 2011
Most facility operators responding to a new survey say that their next technology-related purchase will be an e-prescribing system. That’s according to findings relayed in yesterday’s McKnight’s...
McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar focuses on technology
Aug 08, 2011
Earn a free continuing education credit with McKnight’s tomorrow with our Super Tuesday Webinar titled “Surveying the technology landscape.”
Pssssst! Have we got a deal for you!
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 10, 2011
We might have just been subjected to the biggest dose of chutzpah seen in a long, long while. It smacked of the old image of the leering used-car salesman (sorry, used car sales people) rubbing his thumb...
More incentives to embrace technology
By
Jim Rock
Aug 03, 2010
Legislative and regulatory changes are forcing nursing home providers to seize opportunities to incorporate charting and care-plan technology into their facilities.
Survey: Most healthcare providers believe national health insurance plan would hurt care quality
Jun 12, 2009
A total of 75% of healthcare providers think that a national health insurance plan would reduce the quality of care or have a neutral effect. That is according to the results of a study of 500 various...
Wireless technology, home health expected to grow in seniors care and housing, survey finds
May 26, 2009
Operators of senior living communities believe that “smart home” technology and wireless connectivity will help to attract residents within the next five years. Other specialty areas predicted...
How to do it: implementing IT solutions
Mar 01, 2009
New information technology products are vital, but they are seldom inexpensive. That makes it critical for providers, who are typically saddled with tight budgets, to learn how to implement new IT products...