Nurses lacking ulcer awareness: study
Nurses need more training on medical device-related pressure ulcers, according to a prospective study published in Ostomy Wound Management.
Print Issue: December 01, 2017
Ask the Payment Expert about … the new survey process
How should our facility prepare for the new survey process?
Numerous states take large opioid distributors to court
While long-term care continues to struggle between providing opioids for residents in pain and the ramifications from a national epidemic of overdoses, multiple attorneys general are now asking the courts to decide whether the pharmaceutical companies who marketed the drugs and downplayed their addictive nature should be held responsible for the consequences of the crisis.
Blood pressure drugs could double as topical wound fix
A topical gel made from common blood pressure pills has been proven to speed the healing of chronic skin wounds in mice and pigs.
New OT pay threshold search underway
Although the Trump administration didn’t like its predecessor’s new threshold for determining overtime pay eligibility, it apparently is taking steps to raise the cut off point.
Ask the Legal Expert about … arbitration agreements
There has been so much in the news about arbitration agreements over the past year. Are we in the clear and can we use them again?
Ask the Treatment Expert about … evaluating pressure injury programs
How do we evaluate whether our pressure injury program is ready for the new survey process?
State, fed relationship will be ‘reset’ by Medicaid overhaul
The relationship between the federal government and states participating in the Medicaid program will be “reset” under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Administrator Seema Verma’s vision.
How to do it … Short-term, homelike rehab
Most patients would agree they think home is the best place to recover from a debilitating injury or major surgery. That’s why so many rehab therapy providers are trying to mimic all that is good about “home.” Experts here offer advice on how to design for short-term rehab spaces, focusing on how to make them useful and homelike.
Smartphones used for measurement
Swift Medical has introduced Swift AutoDepth technology, which lets clinicians take wound-depth measurements at the point of care using a smartphone camera.
