As hospitals look for post-acute provider partners, skilled nursing operators must gauge their effectiveness at post-operative care and wound prevention
Systematic improvement is a key to larger culture change in long-term care, Advancing Excellence leader...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 05, 2013
The Advancing Excellence campaign is well known for helping long-term care providers improve on measureable quality goals, but the program goes beyond this to create less quantifiable changes, according...
Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are 10 times more common than Medicare data shows, research suggests
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 16, 2013
The Medicare program often paints a far rosier picture of hospitals’ pressure ulcer rates than is indicated by data collected bedside by nurses, according to a newly published study.
LTC campaign revamps goals
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2013
The Advancing Excellence campaign is calling on skilled nursing providers to use a set of updated goals to create a framework for achieving better care.
Pressure ulcers ‘not entirely preventable’
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
Seniors’ lack of protective skin proteins makes pressure ulcer prevention difficult, according to new research.
Ask the treatment expert … about treating pressure ulcer pain
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Sep 01, 2013
I am treating a patient with two Stage IV pressure ulcers and he is complaining of extreme pain. What do you recommend?
Protein change explains why pressure ulcers are ‘not entirely preventable’ among seniors,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 19, 2013
Elderly people’s lack of protective skin proteins makes pressure ulcer prevention difficult, according to newly published research. Seniors’ skin begins to break down after just two hours of...
Execute documentation as it’s claimed: survey expert
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2013
An industry expert served up straightforward advice during a recent McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar: Accurately claim what you do, and do what you claim.
Ask the legal expert … about pressure-ulcer product promises
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2013
What happens if we contract with an alternate pressure-surface vendor that claims we’ll lower our pressure-ulcer rates by using its product, but our incidents actually increase? Can we sue?
Avoiding traps at survey time the topic of Super Tuesday webcast
Jul 12, 2013
Four universal challenges at survey time will be the focal points of the next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The one-hour live webcast will offer practical strategies providers can use concerning...