When I was wrapping up college way back last century, Bob Seger released one of my favorites among all his hits – a song called “Feel Like a Number.” If you don’t remember that one, here are the [...]
I’m a research junkie. From survey reports to data visualization tables to TikTok TedTalks to personality assessments, I love anything that uses data to teach me something new about myself or the [...]
Hospice has been an option for end-of-life care in our country for more than 45 years. While it hasn’t been available in every state for as many years, it’s not new. Yet, so many Americans don’t [...]
A particularly poignant moment happened during my recent interview with Ronit Elk, PhD. We were discussing her incredibly important research and pilot program delving into culturally based [...]
There’s no doubt. Telehealth’s time has arrived – and much faster amid our socially distanced pandemic. As officials across the nation implemented social distancing and stay-at-home orders, it [...]
We are continuing our series exploring the keys to success in social media for healthcare providers, specifically senior care, home health, palliative care and hospice. Our first post examined [...]
In “normal times,” turnover is difficult. There’s disruption within your staff, shifts in work and lost productivity as well as costs to identify, screen and interview candidates and onboard a [...]
In a recent post, this blog space explored just some of the impressive performance and potential emerging through the use of telehealth and other remote care tools. Transcend’s latest podcast [...]
As COVID-19 created the need to avoid person-to-person contact, telehealth finally started to emerge as an essential tool for staying in touch with patients and families. CMS began to relax [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted serious illness and mortality to the forefront of America’s consciousness. People are hungry for facts and honesty instead of rumors, half-truths and [...]