Recruiting firms help SNFs address turnover due to COVID-19
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2020
With long-standing turnover issues plaguing the industry, recruiting companies are encouraging providers to rethink their hiring and retention efforts to stave off a potential crisis. Arena is leveraging...
Adams Keegan, a national HR, payroll and benefits provider, developed two new tools to assist businesses with navigating the complexities of COVID-19-related government stimulus programs. Through its proprietary...
NextStep partnership offers CNAs new COVID-readiness certificate
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
NextStep, a startup that trains and places high-demand healthcare workers, today announced the launch of an online certificate designed to improve the safety of certified nursing assistants and other caregivers...
CarePort enables safe transitions during COVID-19 outbreak
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
CarePort Health, an Allscripts subsidiary connecting 1,000 hospitals with 180,000 post-acute providers, is launching a COVID-19 Transitions of Care Hub. The new resource allows providers to share what...
Battelle develops PPE decontamination system
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
Battelle, best known for developing military biohazard protections, on Sunday announced it has received Food and Drug Administration authorization to decontaminate personal protective equipment (PPE) used...
On-site communication tools provide family check-ins
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
New and discounted communication tools that help providers, residents and families connect despite COVID-19 restrictions continue to emerge. For example, software maker SafeKeeping has begun providing...
Power Up debuts Pure Zone Charging Tower
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
Power Up’s newest product, the Pure Zone Antimicrobial Protection Charging Station, hit the market just as concerns about hidden germs exploded. The Pure Zone station comes with anti-microbial engineering,...
Activities professionals ramp up virtual offerings in response to COVID-19
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2020
As visitor restrictions approached their third week, activity-oriented companies and professionals continued ramping up virtual resources for senior care providers — sometimes for free. In recognition...
Kno2 makes record retrieval free during coronavirus crisis
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2020
Kno2 is making its on-demand patient record retrieval service available free for as long as state or federal states of emergency continue. Last week, Carequality, the leading national query network used...
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....