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.
At the top, reaching higher: Long-term care leaders embrace opportunity of post-COVID inflection point
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2023
Some of the sector’s most distinguished leaders last week told McKnight’s they are embracing a current “inflection point” in long-term care as an opportunity to boldly reimagine...
Training feasible even when cash is tight
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
Videoconferencing is one of the best ways to make ongoing education for geriatric workers more feasible, a study at a for-profit skilled nursing facility in Chicago shows.
Edentech releases tool to stay up-to-date on recalls
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2020
SecureRecalls.com, the newest component in Edentech’s Care, Safe & Secure Suite, is a subscription service providing clients with monitoring and alerting within minutes of a food, drug, device, consumer...
VersaSuite earns meaningful use certification
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2020
VersaSuite has received approval from the Drummond Group for its “Power of One Software and EHR System,” VersaSuite version 9.0, to complete the process required for meaningful use certification....
MDS, staffing and falls prevention fill out Wednesday’s Expo lineup
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2023
The 17th annual spring edition of the McKnight’s Online Expo will take place Wednesday and offer the chance to earn up to four free CE credits.
AI spots wound challenges, treatment paths
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2021
Machine learning and artificial intelligence can help healthcare providers predict wound healing time frames and risks, according to a report in Advances in Wound Care.
Aides want more EOL care involvement
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2017
Frontline workers often are the first to notice dementia patients’ pain and detect changes in their behavior, but a new study finds long-term care and hospice facilities need to do more to include...
‘What we’re doing doesn’t work’: New Jewish Home’s Jeffrey Farber
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 20, 2023
Even as his organization has become a hub for a swath of aging services, The New Jewish Home CEO Jeffrey Farber, MD, says certain elements of senior care need to be singled out to allow for more innovative...
Providers embracing reprieve as staff vaccine deadline passes unenforced
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 09, 2021
Skilled nursing providers with large shares of their workforce still unvaccinated nearly a year after COVID-19 vaccines first became available are breathing sighs of relief across the country this week.