One could make a valid argument that when you combine the care needs of patients and residents with the daily tasks required of providers and administrators, few healthcare entities are forced to juggle more and multitask better than senior living facilities. According to one recent study funded by the National Investment Center for Senior Housing…
While SALMON Health and Retirement has been leading operations for more than 60 years, it recently found that many unforeseen challenges were affecting their industry’s ability to provide the best quality care to SNFs and LTC facilities. In order to make necessary, evolving changes, it was important to focus on noteworthy areas such as keeping…
Rehab therapists who work in care facilities that utilize our Net Health® Therapy for Senior Living EHR can now operate as speedboats among tankers when it comes to what has historically been some of their most inefficient, frustrating and time-consuming processes. This is thanks to our exclusive integration with Alinea, a solution designed to take…
The ever-present focus on capturing patients’ healthcare journeys is mirrored in the increased specificity provided by this year’s ICD-10-CM 2023 update, which took effect on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. While this fiscal year will see some significant ICD-10 changes – with 251 deleted codes and 1176 new billable healthcare codes1 – some code changes may be…
EHR solutions are key in helping rehab therapists streamline key processes and more effectively capture patient data. But as physical, occupational and speech therapy teams acquire or upgrade new EHR solutions, some team members experience what experts call “cognitive overload,” or the seemingly paralyzing response to the overflow of information. In this piece, we’ll take…
I have a thought experiment for you. Your smartphone just went wonky. You didn’t drop it in the driveway or spill your coffee over it. It’s just not quite working as it usually does, and it’s frustrating. What’s the first action you take? As all smartphone users know, it typically doesn’t pay to call for…
In a previous blog, I mentioned that the Population Health Institute found that social determinants of health (SDoH) account for more than 70% of health outcomes.1 So, when we talk about building health systems and delivering care that results in measurable improvement, it’s vital that we also consider a patient’s or population’s economic and social…
It’s been a tough few years for skilled nursing facility (SNF) rehab departments. Once substantial sources of revenue for organizations, rehab departments found themselves on the receiving end of rapid regulatory shifts that turned these consistent capital generators into cost centers seemingly overnight. But it’s not all bad news. With the right approach, SNFs can…
A former president of the Washington Physical Therapy Association (WPTA), FOTO® co-founder Ben Johnston was an active participant in the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA’s) lobbying efforts during the 1990s. Net Health has partnered with APTA to bring you the future of virtual physical therapy. Learn about Digital MSK. These efforts served to strengthen his…
In today’s world of big data, most of us want better access to the numbers that matter and which better align with our professional goals and objectives. Whether you provide rehabilitation services within an outpatient setting or manage operations within the rehab therapy department of a skilled nursing facility (SNF), plenty of leaders these days…