If you’re among the group of providers and vendors gathered in Nashville this week for the American Health Care Association’s 67th Annual Convention & Expo, and you have the bonus of absolutely...
Time for a cyber security update? You better believe it
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Mar 08, 2016
Advances in technology and providers who lag behind on updating their information technology systems have created a “perfect storm” of vulnerabilities in healthcare IT security, one expert...
The stories behind ‘Still Alice’
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Nov 10, 2015
In researching story ideas for McKnight’s, I come across a lot of scientific articles on the latest and greatest breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research. Unfortunately, between...
Nurse Strom and the comment section conundrum
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Dec 13, 2016
It’s very fitting, and not at all surprising to me, that a story on social media comments has stirred up some of most intense reader response I’ve seen on this site in a while.
Your future ratings rest in residents’ hands
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Jan 31, 2017
Any news story that heralds a something as the “next frontier” in healthcare is probably worth clicking on, right?
Keeping the glass half full
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Mar 29, 2017
If you need a little encouragement to stay positive next time something goes awry, look no further than this story from the New York Times.
Read all about it: Journalists writing residents’ stories leads to success
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Jan 10, 2017
There’s a question that’s key to the long-term care industry but all too often — for a variety of reasons — goes unanswered: Who were your residents before they became your residents?
In case you missed it, there’s a new Medicare audit process coming
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Aug 22, 2017
it’s understandable if a story we ran last — about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revamping its Medicare audit process — slipped under your radar. Here’s what you need to...
What were they thinking?
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Dec 22, 2015
Whenever stories cross our radar involving nursing home staff posting inappropriate videos or photos of residents on social media, as they have frequently in recent months, one question is bound to follow:...
Person-centered confusion — and the value of a milkshake
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Aug 08, 2017
It was a bit disheartening to read some of the comments we received on a story covering a resident-focused care session at a recent national conference. The commenters seemed to immediately pole vault...