What’s Driving the Growing Demand for Medications Automation? As the nursing shortage continues to impact hospitals, long term care facilities and everything in between, health care providers are bracing themselves for conditions to continue to get ... [Read More...]
Opioid Theft and Misuse Among Nurses: How to Fight it and Win
According to the CDC, the increasing instances of opioids being prescribed has almost quadrupled since 1999 and they are a major factor in a 15-year increase in deaths from opioids. The skyrocketing opioid addiction levels have also helped fuel drug ... [Read More...]
Before You Buy a Robotic Nurse, Take Care of Your Human Nurses
A recent article in the DailyBeast.com shed light on the emerging area of “nurse robotics”. These robots range from automated “carts” that deliver medications to “actroids”, actual physical reproductions of nurses that smile and blink their eyes. The ... [Read More...]
Can Technology Give Your Skilled Nursing Facility a Competitive Edge?
There is no question that automating key operational aspects of your skilled nursing community will yield an almost immediate positive impact. We are seeing automated solutions flowing into every corner of senior care - from back end EHR systems to sensor ... [Read More...]
The Ripple Effect of a Medication Error
A major medication error in a long-term care community that results in a disability or death, has immediate and devastating repercussions. We’ve all read the horror stories. These are the kind of errors that result in criminal prosecution, lawsuits, a ... [Read More...]
