Advancing Excellence now embraces nurses in policy
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nurses’ efforts to be leaders in a national effort to improve long-term care showed how they can attain greater influence over healthcare policy, according to an article recently published in Geriatric...
Nursing home administrators do not believe that pay-for-performance improves care quality or facility...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 21, 2014
Most nursing home administrators do not believe that pay-for-performance initiatives lead to improved resident care or stronger bottom lines, according to findings recently published in the Journal of...
CDC unveils new website to boost long-term care infection control efforts
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 24, 2014
Long-term care providers can refer to a newly launched website to access information and resources to prevent infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
Advancing Excellence unveils new goals, including resident mobility, infection management
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 21, 2013
The Advancing Excellence campaign has released updated goals and called on nursing homes to actively use the framework for achieving better quality care.
What Chipotle can teach long-term care
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 15, 2014
I love Chipotle. What makes the burrito purveyor so great? The real secret might be how it grooms and retains its managers — it’s an approach long-term care leaders might do well to study.
Systematic improvement is a key to larger culture change in long-term care, Advancing Excellence leader...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 05, 2013
The Advancing Excellence campaign is well known for helping long-term care providers improve on measureable quality goals, but the program goes beyond this to create less quantifiable changes, according...