Jun 1, 2009
This article was published in Ostomy Wound Management 2009; 55:6, p 6. Our healthcare system sought to enrich and improve strategies to assess, document, and prevent pressure ulcers and to identify key personnel to implement these strategies. An evaluation of our...
Feb 2, 2009
This article was published in Annals of Long-Term Care, Volume 17, pp 1524-7929. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the LTC setting has major consequences in terms of mortality, morbidity, and increased healthcare costs. Complications include pain, chronic skin...
Aug 4, 2008
A Consensus Paper From the International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel This article was published in Wounds. Issue 9, September 2008. As part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initially identified eight...
Jun 14, 2008
This article was published in Clinical Geriatrics 16:7, p 17-20. 2008. Medicare recently released new reimbursement guidelines that will deny payment for “preventable” complications that arise during hospitalization. These include such entities as...
Jan 4, 2008
This article was published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2008; 9(5), pp 360-363. Pressure ulcers, although sometimes unavoidable, are frequently viewed as a failure of the health care system. Private civil lawsuits alleging malpractice or...
May 4, 2003
Edited by Jeffrey Levine and published in 2003, this book was designed as a reference source for attorneys and the general public on the topic of federal regulation and how it impacts on nursing home care. This law is called the Nursing Home Reform Act, also known as...
