At a recent staff meeting, our medical director asked us to implement palliative wound care. What would that look like for a dying resident?
Recipe contest provides flavor
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The dietary team at Riverdale’s Hebrew Home sure knows how to stir the pot. Wanting to give residents a better sense of how the industrial kitchen runs — and a little more say over its menu —James...
Supporting family members bolsters patient care: study
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
Residents who can’t express their wishes about medical care can leave family members emotionally drained.
Report: Post-acute sector is lagging on telemed adoption
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 08, 2018
Telemedicine’s value across the care continuum is clear, but adoption still lags, according to a report released in February by Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare research firm.
Where are they now: Good Samaritan Society
Mar 08, 2018
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...
Researchers find higher readmission link
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
Patients discharged from skilled nursing facilities with functional limitations are at greater risk of being readmitted to a hospital with potentially preventable problems.
IT Update – March 2018
Mar 08, 2018
» 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....
Therapy caps gone — and so is $2 billion
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2018
Providers celebrated the permanent repeal of Medicare Part B therapy limits when President Trump signed a new budget compromise Feb. 9.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … dressing expenses
By
Jeri Lundgren
Mar 08, 2018
Our number of wounds has not changed, yet our wound care dressing expenses have gone up. How can I get them under control?
Reader poll: What are you known for in your workplace?
Mar 08, 2018
“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...