Leadership becomes McChrystal clear
Although I haven’t played it much lately, I like the game of golf as a good analogy for task management, or simply getting through life’s day-to-day challenges. It doesn’t matter if you’ve...
WPC Healthcare selects Crossley
Guy Crossley has joined WPC Healthcare as its president.
A snapshot of successful dementia surveys
I firmly believe the old saying that a picture’s worth a thousand words. But for every strong, visual message photograph conveys, there are dozens of more messages that it doesn’t, or can’t,...
TSA screening could lead to colonoscopy
With all the fall healthcare conferences and other things we travel for this time of year, you might want to pay special attention to this blog!
Delivering good customer service in long-term care
Although you may associate rehabilitation with therapy and nursing, customer service is critical for a successful patient experience. Our customer service supervisor visits patients each day to proactively...
ICD-10: Senior care makes the transition
Providers who cannot generate ICD-10-compliant claims by October 1, 2015, will see those claims returned for correction, which will mean delayed reimbursement for services provided, ultimately affecting...
Conventional wisdom
It’s long-term care convention season again. You can feel it in the air. Strange, troublesome urges start to take over.
Drugs used to treat dementia can be deadly, report asserts
Several antipsychotics used to control symptoms of dementia increase the risk of patient death more than previously estimated, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.
This ‘crackdown’ should really melt your cheese
Can someone please tell me exactly what “melty cheese” is? The product exists in commercials but is apparently not to be found elsewhere. And as far as I can tell, no state regulators are cracking...
Mittal moves to COMS
Simon Mittal, M.D., became the director of medical affairs at Clinical Outcomes Management Systems (COMS) in September.
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