Providers embracing technology bring in honors in second Tech Awards program
The second annual McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Excellence in Technology Awards begged the question: How can you compare to last year’s storied winners?
Print Issue: December 01, 2013
Profile: Boldly improving quality
As a child, Adrienne Mims, M.D., MPH, thought about being a lawyer. But when her beloved grandmother died of cervical cancer when she was in high school, she redirected her attention to a career in healthcare.
Day in the Life: Dancing with a star
Miller’s Merry Manor has a name that is fitting for the holiday season. But the 62-bed facility in New Carlisle, IN, seeks a merry atmosphere throughout the year. Its dance activities, and one special resident, help in that endeavor.
A better approach
Catheter-associated problems account for nearly a third of all infections reported at nursing homes. Simple precautions can dramatically reduce this challenge
Proper protection
Long-term care operators need to ensure that their lifeblood — data —is adequately guarded in the case of natural disaster, power outage or cyber attack
Prodigies in reverse
I experienced many crushing disappointments growing up. A trespassing fairy with a tooth fetish didn’t leave a dime under my pillow? Ernie and Bert aren’t brothers? Affordable healthcare isn’t a right? But the worst was realizing I was too old to be a prodigy. There’s an age limit, apparently, or maybe it’s height or weight. Regardless, I didn’t qualify.
LTC to be a victim of the latest ‘doc fix’ proposal?
Now, even three or four years down the road, the impression of the long-term care leader cowering like a guilty child is haunting.
Is LTC leading the pack?
If we’ve learned anything lately, it’s this: Changing a healthcare system is no easy task. Just ask the White House.
CFOs’ 2014 challenge
Your goals as a CFO remain constant: Support the mission. Increase revenue. Consolidate across multiple entities. Budget. Implement internal controls. Facilitate audits and compliance reporting. CFOs want to optimize the organization’s returns by carefully managing all the finances.
Design Decisions: Cottage industry pioneer
‘Universal’ work teams, small-home designs bring Missouri its first taste of an increasingly popular new model of long-term care
