Nursing homes aim to provide quality care to older residents. Many nursing homes cannot keep out infections despite offering amenities such as skilled nurses and medication management. Residents...
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Is Gehrimed the #1 long term care EHR for medical providers?
Gehrimed advertises that they are "The #1 Long-term Care/ Post-acute Care EHR" and "leading cloud-based, mobile electronic health record (EHR) platform." After using the system and trying out...
How to call a doctor in the nursing home to give a report on patient
Many unnecessary hospitalizations occur due to poor communication. These hospitalizations can often be avoided by calling the medical provider in a timely fashion with a complete report. When you...
How can APRNs do a medication reduction/review in a nursing home?
Some statistics say the average medication pass in nursing homes involves 73 medications. This number is the responsibility of the doctor and nurse practitioner to manage and reduce...
How does Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) affect nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and doctors in Nursing homes? With the payment models changing in nursing homes, the main question from...
How to do federally mandated thirty and sixty-day evaluation notes in a skilled nursing home
In the nursing home setting, there are federally mandated visits that must be completed by medical doctors. There are also opportunities to delegate these responsibilities to physician assistants and...