Chalk up another one for that famously disruptive New Yorker who crisscrossed the nation the last two years, speaking to big crowds, imploring change. His words are proving prophetic again.
Ask the Care Expert about … wound care programs
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Feb 05, 2017
We are refurbishing our entire resident wound care program since we haven’t achieved great results. Can you suggest any places to find some of the latest information?
Hydrogel showed ‘staggering’ results in diabetic cell study
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2017
A new hydrogel created by engineering researchers at the University of Toronto prompts skin cells to crawl toward one another, healing chronic wounds.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … nutrition assessments
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Feb 05, 2017
How do nutrition assessment and interventions support pressure injury prevention?
Agility Holdings buys VCPI, plans growth
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2017
Agility Holdings LLC has purchased VCPI from Extendicare Inc., the companies announced in January.
MatrixCare and Microsoft launch cloud-based system
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2017
MatrixCare has launched a cloud-based EMR aggregation and care coordination system spanning the healthcare continuum in partnership with Microsoft.
Not getting your due — and liking it
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 05, 2017
It’s just not fair. You’re the one who sat at that traffic light forever, and then when it finally changed, some idiot in the lane beside roared through first, without even slowing down.
Where Are They Now: Brittany Manor
Feb 05, 2017
With the introduction of a new rehabilitation unit in 2016, Brittany Manor in Midland, MI, has continued to focus on using technology to track data and improve patient outcomes.
FDA publishes cybersecurity advice for medical devices
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 05, 2017
Thanks to significant technological advances in patient care over the past decade, many medical devices are now being designed to connect to a hospital or long-term care facility’s network, or even...
State News for February 2017
Feb 05, 2017
MARYLAND — Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is suing a nursing home operator for allegedly expelling residents to free up higher-reimbursed Medicare beds. Frosh filed the suit in Montgomery County Circuit...