The research and development arm of Illuminate HC this year earned the Gold Award in the Innovator of the Year category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition for its Illuminate Patient Response System.
Its efforts to improve collaboration with post-acute providers helped Bethel Pointe, a skilled nursing facility in Muncie, IN, win Gold in the Safety category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition.
Implementing a robust telemedicine program has earned Redstone Greensburg, a Pennsylvania-based rehabilitation center, a Gold Award in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition.
Automating resident activity calendars garnered the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Bronx, NY, top honors in the category of Keep It Super Simple in the 2019 McKnight’s Technology Awards competition.
A technological embrace of value-based care earned Bridgemoor Transitional Care, which provides short-term rehabilitation following a hospital stay, the Gold Award in the Transitions category in the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Lorien Health Services has been awarded the blue ribbon in the Quality category of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Marilyn Rantz, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri.
A red-hot economy. More competition from the acute-care sector. Higher resident acuity. All of these factors, along with a leveling-off of salaries for leadership positions, have contributed to a situation that has allowed nurses — from staff nurses to lead certified nursing assistants — to command higher salary increases. By these and other measures, signs…
By most indications, the U.S. economy is humming along, following years of recession and recovery. That robustness has had a lopsided effect on nursing homes, leading to increased competition for certain clinical positions, such as nurses and frontline staff, and reduced competition for administrators and directors of nursing.
Often forgotten or glossed over, there is still one sure answer to questions about how to improve medication mismanagement: have better documentation
