Journals By Industry - Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

Mary French had a gut feeling that something was wrong. Her 78-year-old mother, Lois McCallister, had asked her why the employees at the nursing home where she lived were hurting her. Concerned, French...

Results from a survey fielded three months after commercial launch of Dificid (fidaxomicin) find that approximately half of clinicians have already prescribed Dificid to their Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) patients EXTON, Pa. --...

Rank Facility Units Beds(1) Average Annual Cost name assisted licensed (based living beds/occupancy on minimum monthly address skilled rate) nursing independent living 1 Los Angeles 271 997(3) WND Jewish Home(2). 7150 Tampa 510...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the following Palomar Pomerado Health (the district), California, bonds: -- $481.6 million general obligation (GO) bonds (election of 2004), series 2005, 2007A, 2009A, and 2010A to...

Cathaya Capital and American Pacific Medical Group (APMG) are acquiring two restructured public hospitals based in Shanghai and Beijing via Hong Kong-based investment platform Asia Pacific Medical Group, established by the two companies....

Study shows effectiveness of 90-day supplies at retail pharmacies on patient adherence Retail pharmacies provide added benefit of face-to-face interaction with pharmacists to manage medications and overall wellness DEERFIELD, Ill. -- A new...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- In a 2-1 vote, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a final rule on union elections. The rule will shorten the time employees may learn about union membership before...

CHICAGO -- Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) ("Ventas" or the "Company") said today that its subsidiary, Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership, has closed a new $500 million unsecured term loan (the "Term Loan") that has...

Transaction One of 18 Platform Investments This Year by Babson Capital SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Babson Capital Management LLC (Babson Capital), an investment management firm based in Springfield and Boston, Mass., and Charlotte, N.C.,...

LOS ANGELES -- Catasys, Inc. (OTCBB: CATS) announced today that it has entered into agreements to sell approximately 3.3 million shares of its common stock at a price per share of $.30 to...

NEW YORK -- Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RODM) announced that it has acted as exclusive placement agent to its client Catasys,...

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Grace Lutheran Foundation, an assisted living and long-term care healthcare system has selected a comprehensive workforce management solution from Kronos Incorporated to completely automate and standardize processes. Kronos will help...

The Cambridge Medical Center is building something that residents undoubtedly hope they will never need: an expanded emergency room. The $10.5 million project is adding 15,000 square feet to the Allina Hospitals &...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. ("Acadia" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ACHC) today announced that it has closed its previously announced registered public offering of 8,333,333 shares of its common stock at...

Giving Is Year-Round Tradition for Matrix Home Care 'Family' WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- When Marbella Almeida, RN, director of nursing at Matrix Home Care, recently visited a teenage chemotherapy patient, she was...

Expanded patent covers automatic credentials verification and targets billions in administrative waste LOS ANGELES -- Medversant Technologies, LLC, which offers the leading healthcare industry solution for provider data management and credentialing, today announced...

Technology Utilized to Foresee Probable Three-Year Funding Gaps for the Non-Profit Organization ITHACA, N.Y. -- Palisade Corporation, the provider of the world's leading risk and decision analysis software, @RISK and the DecisionTools Suite,...

Business Insurance places Youngstown-area firm in top ten based on revenue from unbundled services POLAND, Ohio -- Pharmacy Data Management, Inc. (PDMI), a leading provider of pharmacy benefit solutions based in Poland, Ohio,...

SOLESTA([R]) and DEFLUX ([R]) Expand Salix's Product Portfolio RALEIGH, N.C. -- Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) and Oceana Therapeutics, LLC today closed a transaction whereby Salix acquired all of the outstanding stock of Oceana...