New challenges, opportunities for long-term care pharmacies
Some 59% of community pharmacies provide critical long-term care services to patients and 100% of them face unprecedented challenges as 2011 gets into full swing.
A reason to hide
Given recent flaps about hospice care in nursing homes, one has to wonder if long-term care providers are always going to be subjected to the “one step forward, one step back” syndrome.
Making the case for wireless long-term care facilities
Today, wireless technologies have become the standard life-safety monitoring solution for assisted living, skilled nursing and the full spectrum of continuing care retirement communities (CCRC). A new,...
Tort reform still a pipe dream for providers
The news hit pretty broadly this week that a House committee was taking another swing at molding a tort reform bill. We at McKnight’s, and many others, dutifully gave it a decent airing. Unfortunately,...
Who is accountable in Accountable Care Organizations?
Part of the scheme of ObamaCare is to set up Accountable Care Organizations. As is typical of all “innovative” government programs, they might seem good on paper but are really nothing new...
A shot (and a beer?)
If you want to work here, you will get vaccinated. Period.
They’re knocking … are you answering?
A private company with a website focused on family caregivers released survey results Thursday. They detailed how stressful caregiving can be for loved ones. Financial and emotional stress pound these...
What we’ll see in assisted living this year—a year to get stronger
What will we see in the assisted living world this year? The following are my best guesses, given ongoing conversations with assisted living communities across the country and seeing firsthand how the...
Some of the extras seem to be going off the script
For anyone who thinks most of the good scripts are in Hollywood, I say look east. The nation’s capital can more than hold its own when it comes to creating story lines that are interesting and unpredictable.
Experts advise about managing compliance risk, preparing for more aggressive therapy auditing
Preparing for more aggressive auditing of therapy processes was a focal point of a special McKnight’s webcast today. Providers learned about current best practices for documentation, common pitfalls...
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