Medicaid expansion leading HCBS programs to rethink strategy: Researchers
By
John Hall
Feb 19, 2015
Researchers on Wednesday proposed ways to better identify the most susceptible nursing home candidates in order to ease the expected burden on programs designed to keep the chronically ill and frail elderly...
Staff interaction habits are holding back nursing home quality improvement, researchers find
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 10, 2014
Nursing homes can improve resident care and staff satisfaction by changing the usual way that workers interact with each other, suggests newly published research from investigators at a handful of academic...
‘Prosocial’ bonuses at work boost mood
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2013
Giving employees money to spend on charities or their coworkers is a way to increase job satisfaction and performance, according to Duke University research.
Elderly left off diabetes trials
Apr 17, 2013
Far too few clinical trials are focused on seniors with diabetes, according to an analysis recently published in the journal Diabetologia. Researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine looked at...
Study predicts injury increase for medical professionals
By
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...