CenTrak Inc., provider of enterprise locating and sensing services, has launched its new TruView™ system with safety, workflow and locating capabilities. TruView is a wander-management tool with location-based...
Alternative wound scoring tool ‘effective’
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
An 18-month review of the Long Beach Wound Scores system showed it can be an intuitive and effective way to assess and categorize patients with diabetic foot ulcers. LBWS includes five assessments using...
Ohio man convicted for dealing fentanyl that killed nursing home resident
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2018
A Columbus man was sentenced this week to six years in prison for supplying fentanyl to a nursing home resident who later overdosed.
CMS waives some requirements for wildfire-impacted SNFs
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Agency offers blanket waiver in Southern California
Nurses lacking ulcer awareness: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2017
Nurses need more training on medical device-related pressure ulcers, according to a prospective study published in Ostomy Wound Management.
Worth the risk
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Owners and operators of long-term care facilities can entice increasingly discerning financial partners into niche projects — if they go about it the right way
MedPAC members rip ‘brute force test’ of staffing mandate, ponder consequences and possible gaming
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2023
A key Congressional advisory panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday over the proposed federal nursing home staffing mandate and whether it would address ongoing quality concerns in the post-acute care...
July/August state news
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
Texas skilled nursing providers in May got their first increase in the Medicaid base rate in 10 years, along with supplemental funding to help providers stay afloat until that new rate kicks in this September.
Underreporting of fall, pressure ulcer hospitalizations ‘widespread’ in nursing home data
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2023
Underreporting of falls and pressure ulcers in nursing homes was frequent and “widespread” in a new study of such incidents and whether they were accurately reflected on Care Compare.
CDC guide targets antibiotic stewardship
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2015
Skilled nursing facilities need more help from experts and their own staffs to become better stewards of antibiotic use, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resource guide.