HealthStream

APRIL 28, 2021

Though many people think of the hospital as a typical nursing work environment, the reality is that nurses work in a variety of settings. This blog post looks at some of the characteristics and challenges of working in assisted living vs. nursing home care.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Increased workloads and health risks and the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace are making life more challenging for both nurses and physicians. With all that’s at stake for our healthcare staff members, nurse retention should become a focal point for those in charge of healthcare facilities. Reducing Burnout Among Nurses.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Here are four blog posts from February 2021: Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Frail patients, according to insiders, are increasingly being discharged from hospitals directly to home, bypassing rehab nursing homes. Stay tuned. Déjà vu all over again.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Who can comprehend that 43% of Covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes? Or that high speed internet would not be available in nursing homes or the dementia care units in assisted living where their relatives now lived. Here are the five blog posts from June 2020: Tech adoption older adults matter more now than ever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. Or that workers in each do not work in nursing homes. And in other news, CMS really wants older adults with dementia to remain in their homes. But is that the best setting for dementia care?

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HealthStream

APRIL 5, 2019

Nursing Informatics is a specialized area of nursing and branch of this profession that is seeing much growth. This blog post’s purpose is to be an elementary introduction to this burgeoning specialty.

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HealthStream

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here are the 10 most popular HealthStream blog posts in 2019, regardless of when they were published. Most appear to be connected back to nursing and its intersection with lifelong learning.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

We have been incredulous, watching older adults die alone in a nursing home , and then dying in many nursing homes. Here are six blog posts from a May unlike any previous: Could technology improve nursing homes? Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That two-thirds of doctors and nurses are experiencing moderate or a great deal of burnout at work. Louisville ownership has transformed both its members and sponsorship -- senior living, skilled nursing, healthcare, insurers. Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. Here are five exhibitors/content from the Aging 2.0

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HealthStream

JULY 8, 2020

Nurse residency programs present both opportunities and challenges for new nurses, and so should be studied thoroughly to see if the program, and the provider, is the right fit. This blog post focuses on nurse residency program pros and cons.

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Arizona Telemedicine Program

MARCH 27, 2019

For 15 years, I was a home hospice nurse who went out on emergency nighttime visits to patients who were experiencing symptoms that terrified their family. I know I do not have to describe the explosion of telehealth during the last 15 years to readers of this blog. Phase One: Using Simulation Labs to Teach Future Telehealth Providers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here are the five blog posts from August 2022: Some might say that sensor technology for older adults is nothing new. And that the costs (estimated at $754 million in 2015) were mostly paid by Medicare and Medicaid (the latter likely in nursing homes.) What’s the big deal? Read more. .

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Digital Health Today

MAY 12, 2020

WHO designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Two additional events, National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2020) and International Nurses Day (May 12, 2020), provide even more opportunity to recognize the nurses working at the front lines, and how this important group of professionals hold the key to shaping the future of healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Here are four Sept blog posts on these and related topics: In a time of short-staffing, sensors are increasingly useful in the care of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

That was followed by a collection of companies offering free services for use of their technologies in the context of an increasingly isolated older adult population in senior living communities, nursing homes and at home. Nursing home transparency needs more than Covid-19 case-counting. So many of the 1.5

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Scanning through the collection of blog posts from April and May, the obvious has finally occurred. Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market. Consider these six blog posts from April and May 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. And the $146 million that went into PointClickCare – that is software for long-term post-acute care ( LTPAC ), another euphemism for what it really is – care of the elderly , generally in nursing homes. So the first half of 2018 saw $3.4

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Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

JULY 29, 2022

Nursing homes serve a noble purpose, and for the older population, they serve as a comfortable and peaceful retreat. More than 40% of nursing home patients are over 85. The post Challenges in Nursing Homes and Ways to Overcome Them appeared first on Healthystic. Everyone wants a quiet retirement free from responsibilities.

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Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

MAY 22, 2022

million elder citizens in the city, many Sydney residents have an opinion that in-home nursing is the best way to stay independent and live at home for as long as possible. As a result of this service, you will be able to get care through in-home nursing in Sydney in the comfort […]. With over 3.8

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Here are six blog posts from October 2018: What is Caregiving Technology, Anyway? Help Yelp Serve Families with Information about Nursing Homes. Others have asked as well – noting the obvious missing link, family satisfaction with the nursing home, including dealing with the staff. A small percent live in nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. Little did they know that a pandemic was coming, that visiting with aging family would become a nightmare – with people unable to see their relatives for many months.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 11, 2023

As a registered nurse, developing an effective nursing care plan for hypertension is crucial in managing and treating patients with this condition. Understanding hypertension nursing diagnosis and interventions are critical for providing quality care to patients with this condition.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations. And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 26, 2024

During my doctoral study in nursing practice a couple of years ago, I learned about a champion of nursing informatics, Dr. Nancy Staggers. Dr. Staggers assisted in developing the American Nursing Association’s Scopes and Standards of Practice. She also contributed to electronic health record (EHR) implementation.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 8, 2023

One crucial tool in the nursing care of cancer patients is the nursing care plan, which serves as a roadmap for providing individualized, evidence-based care. Nurses can better support their patients and optimize their outcomes by understanding the significance of nursing care plans in cancer care.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2023

To join the pink-inspired fray, I’m featuring Barbie’s health care lives in today’s Health Populi blog. Barbie graduated from babysitting to being a nurse, portrayed through the outfit called “Registered Nurse” released around 1961.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this context, nursing care plans play a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive the right care and treatment. The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of remote patient monitoring on nursing care plans for hypertension.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

To get a sense of what that caregiving experience is like, check out her blog post, Confessions of an Exhausted Caregiver ]. In 2018, Stacy launched her website, began blogging, and got social media traction when HIMSS appointed her a digital influencer. Stacy was fighting for home nursing services for Emmett. “I

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Enzyme Health

JULY 10, 2019

Work from home jobs for doctors and nurses can help you achieve more life balance while still serving patients either one-on-one or behind the scenes. From phone triage, to telemedicine, to medical writing, here is a robust list of work from home jobs for doctors and nurses. Concierge Medical Practice. Telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Netsmart announced today it has acquired CORE Analytics , the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. This commonality of values will further scale the Netsmart data suite to better support and help skilled nursing facilities thrive with transforming payment models.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. Little did they know that a pandemic was coming, that visiting with aging family would become a nightmare – with people unable to see their relatives for many months.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JUNE 4, 2020

In researching this blog, I sat down with Jenni Gudapati RN, MBA, Value-Based Healthcare Program Director at Boise State University. During our conversation, Jenni shared her insight into the value of utilizing telehealth in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs).

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

In today’s Health Populi blog I bring you letters “K” through “O,” continuing through the rest of the alphabet tomorrow and Friday while I’m on a lake-side holiday that’s good for mind, body, and spirit. N is for New York and Nurse. K is for Kirkland, Washington state. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

In my latest essay written for the Medecision Liberation blog , I assert: “Healthcare, Heal Thyself!” ” That’s based on the fact that nurses, physicians and pharmacists continue to be the most trusted professions in America year after year in Gallup’s annual survey on honesty and ethics in the U.S.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2018

Arif Nazir, Chief Medical Officer, Signature HealthCARE, who was asked about the technology impact on long-term care jobs. The insights quoted here could be generalized, not just to Skilled Nursing Facilities, but to all types of care delivery – and are particularly notable in the context of last week’s New York Times article: " How Tech Can Turn (..)

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American Well

JANUARY 5, 2018

As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls.

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American Well

JANUARY 5, 2018

As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls.

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