Ask the Treatment Expert about … creating a skin care team
I’m a wound care nurse new to long-term care, and I want to develop a skin care team. Whom should I consider for team members?
Print Issue: September 01, 2017
60 Seconds with … William A. Dombi
Q: Serving as interim president (after the death of NAHC President Val J. Halamandaris) what are your goals moving forward?
Customers come first
With the help of customer relationship management tools, providers and sales reps can manage their referrals, improve census and track missed opportunities
Talyst acquired by Swisslog
Swisslog Healthcare has acquired West Coast medication management company Talyst. Starting in 2018, the companies will begin integrating their pharmacy systems to address a large customer base in North America.
Thanks for 1% Medicare raise
If they hadn’t known well in advance it would be that small, providers probably wouldn’t have been so gracious about a mere 1% increase in Medicare reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Helping the assessors
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda galaxy.
PharMerica to be acquired by KKR in $1.4B deal; Walgreens will a be minority investor
Global investment firm KKR will buy PharMerica Corporation in a $1.4 billion deal, the companies announced in August.
Academic serving up ‘train wreck’ forecast
Low wages and a lack of respect for direct care workers are putting the long-term care industry on a dangerous path to worker shortages, a professor warned recently.
Design Decisions: Celebrating car culture
A few years ago, the United Auto Workers eyed the Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby Township, MI, north of Detroit, as the potential site for a community center. Given the property’s history and the rich car culture of the region, it seemed like a place to park it.
Insta-gratification next?
Here’s a hypothetical for you. Let’s say you’re a busy nurse in a long-term care setting, and your supervisor wanders up and says, “Mrs. Jacobs in Room 203 really wants a cup of coffee. Could you take one to her?”
