December 2018 IT Update
An app piloted by orthopedics company Zimmer Biomet will allow patients who have hip or knee replacements to send heart rate data, steps taken and standing hours directly to their surgeons from their Apple Watches.
Print Issue: October 01, 2014
Wages hold steady, but labor costs volatile
As the Great Recession continues to reverberate, underwhelming economists and analysts with a lackluster recovery, the long-term care industry appears to have achieved a sort of tentative stability.
Let there be light for better nurse health, patient care
Creating workspaces with natural light could improve nurses’ job performance and health, Cornell University researchers believe.
Verify payroll totals for rankings: letter
Federal regulators need to collect nursing home staffing data directly from payroll systems rather than from providers themselves, members of the Congressional Seniors Task Force said in a recent letter to a top healthcare official.
Ask the legal expert … about developing effective boards
How do we make sure members of our board of directors all are pulling their weight (and also acting legally)? It seems like a lot of cronyism can be allowed and some boards get away with virtually no input.
Ask the treatment expert … about unavoidable pressure ulcers
Have you heard that most clinicians are in agreement that there are unavoidable pressure ulcers?
Judge blocks award of new RAC contracts
Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program continues to struggle with controversy.
Ionic ‘magic bullet’ could aid wound care
A unique class of materials called ionic liquids could be a “magic bullet” for treating wounds such as pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers and more, according to researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Alleged overuse of antipsych drugs leads to federal case
A pair of California nursing homes are facing federal False Claims Act charges for allegedly overmedicating residents with antipsychotics and other drugs.
Heart research leads to new unexpected wound therapy
Scientists researching electrical signals that regulate heartbeats have stumbled across a new, highly effective treatment for venous leg ulcers. The team from Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute recently published the results of a phase 2, randomized clinical trial in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
