May 2023

Skilled nursing providers are on tap to receive a 3.7% pay hike next fiscal year, under a proposed pay rule issued by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in April.

Q: What did your team’s recent study of COVID-19 staff-testing methods reveal? A: Surveillance testing was very effective and we likely underinvested in this. Cheap and fast, but slightly less accurate,...

The pathogens that cause catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are more likely to resist antibiotic treatment than the organisms that cause non-CAUTIs, investigators have concluded.

We have a resident who constantly picks her skin. We have tried medication changes, as did the family before she came to our facility. Do you have any suggestions?

What should you assess when a patient is being discharged from a post-acute long-term care setting with a wound?

Treating diabetic foot ulcers with fish skin grafts healed “significantly more” wounds and saved nearly $3,000 per patient versus a more traditional collagen wrap, found a new study of more than 100...

A new smart bandage promises to attack stubborn wounds three ways to improve treatments and speed healing.

An antibiotic stewardship training program for healthcare professionals can cut in half the use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections while maintaining patient safety, a study in the British Medical...

My facility is working with home health agencies to improve discharges. How can we smooth patients’ transition to home? 

The use of telehealth in chronic care patients living with stroke is prone to multiple barriers, but it provides significant benefits across a range of functional complications and social determinants...