by GV Team | Apr 11, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Marty Stempniak, McKnights Long-Term Care News “Nearly a quarter of all heart failure patients experiencing shorter stays in skilled nursing facilities are readmitted to hospitals within 30 days, researchers have found. New York University School of...
by GV Team | Mar 27, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News, AARP “Eight hundred hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections and patient injuries, federal records show. The number is the highest since the federal government five years ago...
by GV Team | Mar 14, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Kate Smith Sloan, McKnights Long-Term Care News “Neglect and abuse of older adults, the subject of last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing, “Not Forgotten: Protecting Americans from Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes,” is never acceptable. As we...
by GV Team | Dec 17, 2018 | Drug Information, GrandView News, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Reducing Readmissions
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy GrandView Pharmacy is a long-term care pharmacy provider who knows what you go through to deliver care. We provide our clients with the best customer service in our industry. Many times, such...
by GV Team | Oct 25, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
When people get prescriptions for medications, they assume the products they’re taking are correct and should help them feel better. However, statistics indicate medication errors happen during 3.8 million hospital admissions and 3.3 million outpatient visits every...
by GV Team | Oct 19, 2018 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Regulation Changes, Resources
Article by CMS.gov What’s the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program? The Hospital VBP Program rewards acute care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people with Medicare. This program adjusts payments to hospitals under...
