After winning a Bronze quality award in 2012 from the McKnight’s Technology Awards, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in South Dakota has designed a new technology platform and found a green way to boost quality.
Patients discharged from skilled nursing facilities with functional limitations are at greater risk of being readmitted to a hospital with potentially preventable problems.
» Thermometers connected to a mobile phone app can lead to significant improvements in flu forecasting — good news to providers in a bad season, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases. University of Iowa researchers compared influenza data gathered by the CDC from healthcare providers across the country with two years of de-identified temperature…
Providers celebrated the permanent repeal of Medicare Part B therapy limits when President Trump signed a new budget compromise Feb. 9.
Our number of wounds has not changed, yet our wound care dressing expenses have gone up. How can I get them under control?
“I am known for letting the creative side of my brain take the driver’s seat and see what magic comes. My colleagues might say that I’m always talking about the stories and accomplishments of our residents or stakeholders. My motto is ‘Why not share great stories and shout them from a mountain!?’” — Peggy King,…
Skilled nursing leaders criticized a Human Rights Watch report on antipsychotics in February.
A technique being explored as a treatment for human wounds helped save the lives of three bears in California this winter.
Exercise can be hazardous to your health. Like antipsychotics, its pursuit should include a black box warning that atypical, or even typical, fitness attempts carry increased risk of injury and embarrassment. Personally, I favor a nationwide initiative to reduce its use, especially after hearing what happened to my friend Janet (not her real name, which…
A federal investigation recently found that a Colorado nursing home failed to adequately protect staff from violent residents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late January cited and fined Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford more than $9,000. OSHA said Pioneer must install more security cameras and alarms, remove dangerous items from violent…
