Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought this story is apropos. Especially since most nurses don’t question the situations that walk into our workspace. At all.
Find EMR success with Jan. 28 McKnight’s webinar
Jan 17, 2014
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.
Here’s your sign: Don’t grow up, it is a trap
By
Martie Moore
May 06, 2022
One of my best-loved activities is to poke around in small town shops. The other day, I announced to my favorite person that a road trip was in order. That led us grabbing our road trip snacks and setting...
Homicide trial raises questions about understaffing, medication management technologies
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2022
The homicide trial of a nurse who accidentally killed a patient by providing the wrong medication is raising questions about the liability of healthcare facilities in similar cases — especially when...
Denied: An entrepreneur’s journey in using denial data to improve cashflow
Feb 27, 2023
Denial data has a story to tell, a story that can help revenue cycle leaders improve financial processes and facility cashflow. The key is unlocking it and entrepreneur Lori Zindl did. In...
Big challenges ahead for therapy
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jun 12, 2012
A few years ago, my consulting company had the opportunity to work with a facility to implement a bariatric unit within a skilled nursing facility. This would seem an easy task, but the facility ended...
PDPM’s ‘great success story’ may get extension, experts say
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 06, 2020
SAN DIEGO—The rollout of the government’s new Medicare payment system has been a “great success story” — and the ride might last longer than first expected, a panel of long-term care experts...
Not all regulatory threats come from within
By
John O'Connor
Nov 19, 2018
It’s looking increasingly like one of the nation’s largest firms could inadvertently cause more rules and regulations to come your way.
Diving into disparities
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 11, 2015
There is little that makes McKnight’s readers as defensive as publishing a story about racial disparities in long-term care. The comments often complain that access to care is complicated and shouldn’t...
SunTrust Bank announces $38.2 million in funding
Nov 22, 2017
Westminster Canterbury-Lynchburg, an assisted living and memory care community in Lynchburg, VA , has secured $38.2 million from SunTrust Bank to build a new six-story center.