Telepsychiatry helps reduce antipsychotics, others’ use
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
An Encounter Telehealth analysis of 40 rural skilled nursing facility partners in Iowa revealed a 6.7% reduction in the use of antipsychotics following 14 months of psychiatric telehealth services. Some...
Memphis rehabilitation center to pay $500K for providing ‘worthless’ services
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2018
Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Memphis will pay $500,000 to federal authorities and Tennessee to resolve false claims allegations.
State: Nursing home’s neglect led to resident’s bed-rail suffocation
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2018
Minnesota officials have blamed the operators of a 94-bed nursing home for the death of a resident who suffocated when her head was trapped between a mattress and a grab bar.
Wednesday’s Workforce Development Forum offers timely skilled nursing hiring and retention strategies
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Want easy access to some of the nation’s best nursing and retention experts? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 15 for the year’s first McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum.
Gone fishin’ in a Utah parking lot
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2018
John Gibson had never been fishing, and at his age, getting to a river or out on the boat wouldn’t be an easy outing.
A range of for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations are responding to elderly people’s increased risk of developing COVID-19 with new services and adapted products.
Researchers: Train more non-docs in palliative care or suffer dire consequences
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
Skilled nursing residents are likely to be hit especially hard by shortages of palliative care physicians over the next 25 years, according to a new study.
Social media feeds inspire K4Connect’s latest tool
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 29, 2020
K4Connect last week debuted its K4Community Plus resident application, which integrates key features of popular social media platforms into an application specifically designed for seniors. Key K4Community...
Partners Pharmacy PassPort selected for NJ’s field hospitals
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
New Jersey has tapped Partners Pharmacy and its innovative APS Passport system to provide emergency pharmacy services at three field hospitals opening across the state to alleviate the strain on local...
eLearning offerings keep providers up-to-date on outbreak
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
With so much to learn about a new virus — and more attention than ever on infection control — online learning is taking on an outsized role. Talent manager HealthcareSource has released a free set...