Nursing home quality measures should address short-stay rehab residents, group says
Jan 13, 2012
The set of quality measures used on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare website should be updated to include more measures for short-stay rehabilitation residents, according to one panel of experts....
Rehab amid the treetops
By
John Andrews
May 08, 2015
Post-surgical patients at a 140-year-old organization can bathe themselves in healing, natural light as they engage in therapy.
PowerBack Rehabilitation to open in Colorado
May 12, 2015
PowerBack Rehabilitation, a collaboration between Mainstreet and Genesis HealthCare, is scheduled to open in Colorado later in May.
Dedicated observation stay units could protect nursing home benefits, save hospitals $1 billion annually,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 06, 2013
Specialized hospital units for patients under observation status could dramatically reduce the number of seniors forced to pay out-of-pocket for skilled nursing care, according to findings in the current...
Move toward certifying electronic health records must include long-term care
By
John Derr
Oct 21, 2009
Long-term care must have have certified electronic health records to keep pace with the rest of the healthcare industry.