Starting in 2026, The Joint Commission will formally recognize nurse staffing as a national performance goal, meaning hospitals seeking accreditation ...

Change management and technological savvy are emerging as essential skills for the next generation of chief nursing officers, nurse leaders told ...

These days, talk about “quality” factors into every discussion of healthcare. So how do the nation’s 449 accountable care organizations (ACOs) and ACOlike entities sponsored by hospital systems, ...

Dr. Kenneth Scott is CEO and founder of SilverSage Management Services, providing physicians and consulting to the long-term care industry. In his State of the Union Address last year, President Biden ...

"How we define quality healthcare is the very foundation of everything else we do in planning and delivering healthcare services," says Dr. David Zygun, acting chief executive officer of Health ...

Joseph Ibrahim has received funding in the past from State and Federal Government departments for research investigating premature and preventable deaths in nursing homes. A challenge facing the ...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine paints a dire picture for nursing home residents if issues brought to light during the pandemic are not immediately ...

A guide out this month gives skilled nursing leaders more direction on the use of telemedicine to better treat residents. Experts with the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and several other ...

Nursing homes acquired by private equity companies saw an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among long-stay residents and an uptick in Medicare costs, according to a new study ...

A blue-ribbon panel of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine has issued a scathing report on the state of nursing homes in the US. Operators, owners, regulators, and payors all ...