NTSB finds bus company at fault in explosion during Hurricane Rita
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Haymarket Media
Apr 02, 2007
The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that the motorcoach company and a faulty federal compliance review system were responsible for a bus explosion that killed 23 assisted living residents...
Version of infection control guide in Spanish released
Dec 21, 2011
A version of The Infection Control Pocket Guide in Spanish was released in December. The product was developed by the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living and Med-Pass Inc. The guide is intended for...
Office 360 picks Sam Calderon to lead healthcare and hospitality division
Jan 05, 2010
Office360, a national distributor of office supplies and furniture, recently hired Sam Calderon as president of healthcare and hospitality sales for the Americas. Calderon, founder of Calderon Textiles...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, October 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2019
New publication spotlights care for dementia-related psychosis … Drug has potential to treat heart attacks …. Statins may lower risk of post-stroke cognitive impairment … NIA to spend $73M to...
MedAssets to buy Broadlane for $850 million
Sep 14, 2010
Supply chain and software firm MedAssets Inc. announced it will acquire The Broadlane Group for $850 million in cash. MedAssets serves 40,000 non-acute care providers.
Mobile health critical in care
By
David Wortman
Mar 06, 2015
Based on implementation science and cutting-edge research at Indiana University’s Center for Aging Research, the ABC program is an evidence-based program that provides patients with guideline-level...
The case for connectivity in long-term care
By
Mark Byers
May 14, 2014
The Department of Labor estimates that 27 million people will be using some type of paid long-term care services by the year 2050. That’s a sharp rise from the current estimate of eight million who...
Study: U.S. life expectancy rose between 2000 and 2019, with some wide gaps
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 22, 2022
Life expectancy for Black Americans increased more than that of any other group in most U.S. counties. This may reflect a reversal of gains in the white population, according to the NIH.
LeadingAge’s CAST releases EHR matrix selection tool
Oct 01, 2014
LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies released its 2014 version of a tool to enable long-term providers to choose the best electronic health record for their needs.
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