McKnight’s Online Expo, a valuable learning opportunity
By
Liza Berger
Mar 11, 2010
Hungry for information? We thought so. That’s why we’re offering our fourth annual online expo later this month.
Creating tangible value for advanced wound care
By
Valerie Johnson
Mar 11, 2013
Across the country, nursing homes and other long-term care organizations are exploring the relationship between cost and quality of care. The challenge is to find a viable solution for problems such as...
The Maturity Continuum in QAPI
By
Tara Roberts
Sep 11, 2015
How could I improve upon what I feel is a very strong and effective method of teaching and achieving successful skin and wound care programs?
Managing change
Apr 18, 2013
Manual processes for crushing pills is no longer working, but changes in technology provide solutions for providers.
Exploring and implementing the 3 Cs of skin and wound care
By
Tara Roberts
Mar 19, 2014
All clinicians can fall into one or more categories labeled preventer, predictor and promoter, but I suggest each has a primary role in skin and wound care and wound healing.
Triple Aim: Improving the patient healthcare and experience
Nov 11, 2013
For patients in a participating ACO, one of the initial improvements for facilities will be the assignment of a care manager to guide and support them through the ACO experience. The care manager may be...
And the award for most maligned part of long-term care goes to …
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 10, 2017
It took a while, but I might have finally found something that therapy providers can point to with righteous indignation and say, “That ain’t right!”
The easy way to get LTC experts into your office
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 06, 2013
Nobody should pass up the opportunity to have a nationally respected professional expert visit his or her office. The chance to get six in there in a short amount of time? Outrageous. Yet, it’s going...
Defending nursing homes cited with F-Tag 314
By
Donna Fudge
Oct 26, 2016
With these recent decisions, we have discovered that there is success in demonstrating to a jury or arbitration panel how a pressure injury can be unavoidable as defined under F-Tag 314.
Provider, help thyself
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 27, 2012
An expert who presented at last week’s McKnight’s Online Expo nailed it: Wound care cases land in court largely because too many providers are relying on verbal agreements or instructions between...