Operate with an eye on quality, not the next survey cycle
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 16, 2012
The anxiety associated with an impending survey should be offset by the fact that the nursing facility holds the secret to its own success – the knowledge of its customers.
Senior Management Advisors names new corporate sales manager
Aug 05, 2013
Lori Smith has joined Senior Management Advisors as the corporate sales manager. In her role, she will be responsible for sales management efforts for the company’s independent living, assisted living...
Humanizing and changing dementia care
By
Karen Love and Jackie Pinkowitz
Aug 06, 2012
A new effort known as the Dementia Initiative germinated from the belief that there is a moral and ethical societal imperative to view and understand people living with dementia as whole beings, and not...
Public health emergency revocation will unleash ‘traps for the unwary’
May 09, 2023
While much has been made of staffing flexibilities and waivers ending after May 11, the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency also brings with it critical new enforcement concerns for skilled nursing...
Ryan joins Healthcare Finance Group
Oct 24, 2013
Tommy Ryan joined Healthcare Finance Group, LLC as a senior vice president of business development in October. He will oversee expanding business development efforts in the western United States, and will...
Holbrook joins Health Catalyst
Jul 12, 2013
Scott Holbrook has joined Health Catalyst as a strategic advisor, the company announced in July
Graham begins at Lancaster Pollard
May 16, 2014
Lancaster Pollard has hired Stephen F. Graham as managing director of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions services. Graham will lead a national effort to expand the firm’s sell-side and buy-side...
More incentives to embrace technology
By
Jim Rock
Aug 03, 2010
Legislative and regulatory changes are forcing nursing home providers to seize opportunities to incorporate charting and care-plan technology into their facilities.
It’s time to fix the skilled nursing survey process
By
Jeff Petty
Jun 10, 2008
We all know that the annual survey process for skilled nursing facilities needs to be changed. But are we willing to go the distance to do it?
The challenges of hand hygiene in the long-term care setting
By
Jean Fleming
Mar 16, 2009
Maintaining good hand hygiene is key to prevent the spread of infections, but old habits are hard to break.