Gaps exist in studying impact of mental health hotlines
Oct 28, 2022
Veteran hotlines typically reached older men.
Posthospitalization meal delivery boosts outcomes for older adults
Jun 28, 2023
The findings were for 30-day rehospitalization and mortality in patients with and without heart failure.
CDC strains to improve next flu vaccine
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2015
Next season’s flu vaccination is being tweaked for broader protection due to last year’s inconsistent coverage of influenza strains, U.S. health officials announced.
Meet Mary Jean McKeveny, 2022 Veteran VIP honoree
By
Max Bachmann
Jul 22, 2022
Learn more about Mary Jean McKeveny, director of clinical innovation, Gurwin Healthcare System.
Awash in benefits
By
Julie E. Williamson
Feb 01, 2016
Old notions of bath time are being replaced by spas and other upgrades that challenge the status quo.
Man faces 20 years, $30,000 fine for assisted living stabbing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 27, 2016
A man has pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, a felony, for stabbing a man in the chest at an assisted living community in Crookston, MN. The crime carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison...
Out of the data silo
Dec 01, 2014
Interoperability, data analytics and intervention models are giving providers a new way to use healthcare information technology to decrease rehospitalization rates.
Pressing questions about rural telehealth access and investments put innovation in danger
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
Questions remain about how much providers will be able to rely on telehealth, remote monitoring and other technologies to come in the years ahead — and whether the government will make the needed legal,...
NLRB to ‘aggressively seek’ injunctions to protect workers during unionization efforts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday that it remains committed to seeking federal court orders meant to protect the jobs of workers during union organizing campaigns.
Series on long-term care affordability, staffing, equity a ‘wake-up call,’ industry advocate says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024
A special report published last week by CNHI News and the Associated Press that focused on several “issues and complications” in assisted living and other forms of long-term care is a “wake-up call...