How to do it … Documenting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2021
In assessing the obstacles in the sometimes-bumpy vaccine rollout last December, Harvard Medical School healthcare policy professor David Grabowski echoed a familiar refrain among critics about “the...
How to do it … Embrace what COVID taught about skin care
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2022
The global pandemic inspired and incited nurses, aides, therapists and others to provide care on the fly. Disrupted supply chains and rigid emergency government rules forced many out of their comfort zones....
State News: October 2018
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 25, 2018
Vegan meals may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but a proposed law would require healthcare facilities to make them available.
How to do it … Furnish well, psychologically
By
John Hall
Jan 03, 2019
Our experts offer advice on how to comprehend and capitalize on the psychology of furnishing design.
How to do it…Multidisciplinary infection control
By
John Hall
Feb 05, 2019
Many efforts to implement best practices in healthcare settings concede one fundamental universal truth: Successful change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When it comes to implementing infection control...
The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2021
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s...
Letting them know: The best new technology for effectively communicating with LTC staff
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 06, 2019
The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email, according to a McKinsey analysis. That amounts to 2.6 hours spent and 120 messages received per day for the average full-time...
McKnight’s Roundtable: How providers achieve balance in unbalanced times
By
John Hall
Jan 04, 2019
Few issues can throw a senior care provider off center more than the unexpected retirement of a valued nursing director, the loss of a beloved nursing aide to an outside employer, or a series of futile...
McKnight’s Tech Awards honor innovation
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Liza Berger
Dec 05, 2019
Telemedicine. A post-acute provider collaboration platform. Automation of resident activity calendars. These were just a few technologies that earned top honors in McKnight’s 2019 Excellence in Technology...