From accelerating the introduction of important new medicines and improving ordering and inventory processes, to helping older adults better manage multiple prescriptions, artificial intelligence’s reach...
Psychiatric disorders may raise risk of COVID-19 re-infection: Research
By
John Hall
Apr 19, 2022
Fully vaccinated COVID-19 survivors with a history of certain psychiatric disorders may be pre-disposed to reinfection, researchers from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System and the...
Emerging from lockdown with a bright, open image
By
John Hall
May 01, 2021
For renovated SNFs, a new coat of paint just won’t do.
Four caregivers have settled a nearly 3-year-old class action race discrimination lawsuit against a now-shuttered New Jersey nursing home plagued by a host of problems, including COVID-19 outbreaks and...
New infection control push puts scrutiny on laundries
By
John Hall
Jul 01, 2020
From cleaning and disinfection practices to space and machines, departments asked to improve their game.
Workforce issues continue to plague stressed providers
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2021
With wage pressures building, will staff stay on as skilled nursing finances reach the breaking point?
More seniors may be willing to take deprescribing advice
By
John Hall
Jan 31, 2024
More seniors have stopped taking some medications, possible evidence that efforts to stem overprescribing may be working.
After 105 years, Denver nursing home closing, moves underway
By
John Hall
Aug 15, 2022
A long-revered Denver nursing home will be closing its doors after more than a century, but plans to keep it in “the family” by transferring ownership to the Archdiocese of Denver.
Outsourcing movement grows in skilled nursing laundries
By
John Hall
Jul 01, 2022
Costs, lack of staff, infection control and other types of regulatory pressures are contributing to the decline of on-premise operations
PDPM’s implementation day may catch many skilled nursing managers unprepared
By
John Hall
Sep 15, 2019
Few can argue that stakeholders have worked hard to get up to speed on the Patient-Driven Payment Model.