The Office of Inspector General will be taking a closer look at several important long-term care subject areas and practices, according to its Fiscal Year 2015 Mid-Year Update.
State News for July 2015
Jul 06, 2015
Long-term care providers are hailing a new state law that requires hospitals to inform seniors about their hospital-admission status.
I couldn’t live without … Vikus
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2015
Hiring staff, especially in clinical positions, has become much easier at Noland Health Services since it moved to using Vikus a year ago, recruiter Chris Ferguson says.
Tablets helping seniors cross ‘digital divide,’ study asserts
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 06, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among seniors has helped them break the “digital divide” barrier.
The simple things
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 06, 2015
In both life and long-term care, we tend to distrust the simple solutions.
Apps help with pain, hearing, supplies
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2015
A flurry of apps released or updated this spring may help long-term care providers improve care.
After snapping up Omnicare, CVS enters as major player
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2015
Retail behemoth CVS announced in May it will acquire Omnicare, the long-term care industry’s largest institutional pharmacy company, for $10.4 billion.
Ask the Treatment Expert … about leg sores
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jul 06, 2015
How do you handle people obsessed with leg sores?
Oxidizing spray treatment shows promise
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Jul 06, 2015
Acid oxidizing spray Nexodyn may be used to control the local bioburden of infected chronic lower leg wounds, and help wounds reset and restart the healing process, according to clinical data from its...
Foot casts may limit harm caused by neuroarthropathy
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Jul 06, 2015
Serial casting, which typically uses plaster or fiberglass casts to correct pediatric deformities while the bones are more pliable, could be used to effectively treat Charcot neuroarthropathy, a case study...