Nurses focusing on quality of care indicators to share experiences
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Nursing and healthcare professionals from around the globe will convene Wednesday through Friday at the 7th Annual American Nurses Association “Nursing Quality Conference.” The latest research...
Future of Quality Improvement Organizations the focus of special Open Door Forum
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 18, 2013
Providers interested in the future development of Quality Improvement Organizations will want to clear their schedule for 12:30 Eastern Time on Thursday. That’s when The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
I couldn’t live without… Touchtown Resident Apps
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 02, 2013
For senior residents at Christian Living Communities’ Clermont Park continuing care retirement community, a new app on a tablet will provide more freedom.
Unapproved marketing of pressure ulcer drug brings settlement worth up to $48 million
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 10, 2012
The unapproved bed sore drug Xenaderm, which was marketed to nursing homes as “Medicaid reimbursed,” is the source of a settlement that could reach $48 million for Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB...
Proper evaluation documentation that supports nursing home billing the focus of webcast for clinicians
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 07, 2012
In light of recent allegations of gross upcoding in therapy circles, an upcoming webcast on appropriate patient evaluation and management documentation could prove popular. Alva Baker, M.D., CMD, who has...
Johns Hopkins surgeon implants 1st U.S. brain ‘pacemaker’ for Alzheimer’s disease
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 07, 2012
In an effort that is hoped to boost memory and reverse the mental slide of Alzheimer’s sufferers, surgeons placed a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of the disease....
Study predicts injury increase for medical professionals
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 06, 2012
High tech will mean high-risk for some healthcare workers, according to projections from a Cornell University ergonomics professor. The push to make healthcare high tech, which is being pumped with $20...
National organizations defend ‘bed taxes’ in letters to White House, Congress
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 06, 2012
A group of 20 national healthcare organizations supporting current allowable “bed tax” levels, have asked the ceiling not be changed as part of current federal budget talks in a letter sent...
Congressman calls for tougher regulations on bed rails
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 04, 2012
In the wake of a tough investigation into bed rail entrapment, a Massachusetts congressman has called on government agencies to step up their regulation.
Providers struggling to find adequate cleaners to battle Acinetobacter baumannii bug
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 03, 2012
A new study of provider practices found that multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii was found in hospital rooms even after they were cleaned, according to a study in the December issue of the American...