Suzie Kucala, RN, is the new director of nursing at Arlington Health and Rehabilitation in Snohomish County, WA.
Industry balks at drug report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 08, 2018
Skilled nursing leaders criticized a Human Rights Watch report on antipsychotics in February.
Mather Lifeways named Gold Winner in McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 11, 2017
Mather Lifeways has returned to the throne in the McKnight’s Tech Awards competition, winning Gold once again, this time in the High Tech/High Touch category.
AHCA’s March
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2012
We live in a world that tends to focus on personality, not substance; on aesthetics, rather than data; and on the bare minimum, rather than diligence. But there’s been a sea change at AHCA that reflects...
App for care managers
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 27, 2019
Casenet® LLC has announced the launch of TruCare Mobile, a native iOS app for the iPad that provides online and offline access to TruCare, Casenet’s population health platform. The goal is to help those...
Book focuses on nurses overcoming adversity
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 04, 2018
A new book focuses on how nurses can be inspired to overcome adversity.
Iowa transgender stroke patient finds nursing home — after $140,000 in costs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 16, 2016
After four months, a 52-year-old transgender stroke victim has been admitted to a nursing home in Iowa. But it cost a hospital $142,000, according to local reports.
New SNF unit opens in Florida
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 15, 2019
Lee Health has opened a freestanding skilled nursing unit at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, FL, earlier this month.
AHCA members zero in on quality on Capitol Hill
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 04, 2013
Providers will focus on promoting solutions to the “doc fix,” bad debt and the observation stay loophole during visits with their Congressional representatives Tuesday. And they shouldn’t...