It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn from doing interviews. It’s one of the reasons I became a writer and editor. I’m curious about many Read More »
Last week I attended the initial Board of Directors meeting for the newest RHIO in the country, the Appalachian Health Information Exchange. Brian Read More »
It is odd to think that a profession born from the power of compassion and concern could join hands with an occupation filled with number crunching Read More »
OK, so that headline is a teaser. You certainly didn’t think I was going to suggest that there was such a thing, did you? I may be especially Read More »
Bariatric patients are no longer a segregated part of the patient population. In the United States, 65% of the population is overweight or obese. Read More »
Although I should be spending my time working on big picture, “strategic” things, every now and then some little something catches my interest and I Read More »
Welcome to the Mark Harvey Ambulatory Healthcare IT, Leadership, and Medical Management Blog. OK, so I know that I need to come up with a catchier Read More »
Slip-Resistant Floor Mat MightyMat Max™ is a slip-resistant floor mat from Shoes for Crews. It is ergonomically designed with an antifatigue cushion Read More »
All nursing homes have thousands of dollars invested in essential information technology (IT) systems. Many facilities (probably most!) are not Read More »
NCAL unveils guiding principles for assisted living communities The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) set of Guiding Principles focuses on Read More »
Anew compendium project on the future of long-term care (LTC), spearheaded by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry Read More »
Over the years, nursing homes have been required to provide increasingly complex medical care for their residents. To meet those challenges, the use Read More »
Not long ago, as a new member of the local YMCA, I got an informal tour of the facility's new exercise room, courtesy of my daughter-in-law, a Read More »
With the election campaign heating up–one in which control of Congress is at stake along with the White House–nursing home industry advocates appear Read More »
Even as the federal government proposes Medicare and Medicaid spending cuts for 2009, long-term care organizations are pushing to reform the Read More »
I know this is a radical thought, but it just seems to me that healthcare financing and reimbursement systems ought to focus on the needs of the Read More »
It's no secret there is a sea change happening in the long-term living market. With baby boomers turning long-term care (LTC), as most know it, on Read More »
Individuals who seek long-term care have three distinct needs: housing, assistance with activities of daily living, and chronic disease management. Read More »
Aggregate MDS data indicates that more than 50% of the nursing home population experiences some degree of urinary incontinence (UI).1 UI, however, Read More »
With the current economic downturn and President Bush unveiling his Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 budget freezing Medicaid and Medicare funding, long-term Read More »
Editor's note: Since 1996, Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management has been honor-ing long-term care facilities that are proactive with programs Read More »
As part of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, the Boren Amendment (named after David Boren, Oklahoma's Democratic senator) required that Read More »
First baby boomer receives SS retirement benefit Kathleen Casey-Kirschling made history as the first of her generation to receive a Social Security Read More »
“Oh, you're so PC!” Who among us hasn't cringed at being accused of this. Oh, we're so sensitive, so phony, so allergic to plain talk. Just come off Read More »
Until recently, very few people knew how to really take care of people with advanced dementia. New approaches were designed and quality of life and Read More »
Like the great TV detective Columbo, Long-Term Living columnist Gary Tetz (Funny You Should Ask) always has one more question. In this bimonthly Read More »
Is the freestanding long-term care facility obsolete? It wasn't long ago that Ziegler Capital Markets offered a presentation suggesting as much at a Read More »
We're all adults here,1 so I don't see why we shouldn't talk openly and honestly about a deadly and destructive force that holds this entire country Read More »
Nearly 135 million adults in the United States are either overweight or obese; 14 million are considered morbidly obese, and an amazing 1 million Read More »
