Maryann Timon joins PMD
Maryann Timon, RN, has joined PMD Advisory Services as the director of post-acute strategies.
Learn how to use scorecards at Feb. 6 webinar
Speakers from Avalere Health will demonstrate how post-acute care providers can reduce costs and improve quality.
Who’s buying your loyalty?
While the story of former Gov. McDonnell and his wife’s alleged excess may make us shake our heads, it did remind me of the slippery slope many in business or politics can fall down when it comes...
Get the most benefit from support surfaces
Despite the use of support surfaces, over 2.5 million people each year still acquire pressure ulcers. This raises certain questions in regards to the use of support surfaces, such as: How does a facility...
Physician relationships hold key to SNF success
In the rapidly changing healthcare delivery system, SNFs will need to implement strategies to integrate physicians to retain their market share and be competitive. The incentives inherent in value-based...
Making the case for love at work
The main focus of any long-term care operation is usually the residents’ wants and needs. Caregivers typically dole out huge helpings of personal emotional energy along the way. But they might be...
Employee recognition programs: What works
After Ms. Ryan’s psychotherapy session, I stopped at the nursing station and asked the nurse for the name of her aide. The nurse pointed to a uniformed woman right next to me, who turned and asked...
Playing tennis, and the ‘what if?’ game
Watching the Australian Open tennis tournament, where temperatures have been hovering around 110 degrees, has helped my recovery from the recent polar vortex. It’s also unexpectedly prompted me to...
I saw the (nursing home) sign: A counterpoint
Saying that you want to be a good neighbor and acting like one are two very different things. There are teachable moments for other administrators looking at the Bel-Air nursing home sign argument.
Find EMR success with Jan. 28 McKnight’s webinar
Providers attending McKnight’s free Jan. 28 webcast, “From paper to paperless: An EMR success story,” will learn how workflow can be transformed virtually overnight.
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