By Dawn Thompson, DOR, Victoria Post Acute Care, El Cajon, CA Over the last several months, Victoria Post Acute Care [VPAC] has honed in on vital sign monitoring as part of our daily practice in both nursing and therapy. I’ve…
Read more ›
By Dawn Thompson, DOR, Victoria Post Acute Care, El Cajon, CA Over the last several months, Victoria Post Acute Care [VPAC] has honed in on vital sign monitoring as part of our daily practice in both nursing and therapy. I’ve…
By Tamala Sammons, M.A., CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource We have been focused on why it is so important to measure vital signs as part of our clinical practice. Not only does the data help us with early detection of sepsis, identifying…
By Brian del Poso, OTR/L, CHC, RAC-CT, Therapy Resource Next up in the series of interviews of our former DORs turned ED is the one and only Amy Gutierrez! She is not only a former DOR, but served as a…
By Tamala Sammons, M.A., CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource A new clinical campaign for our SLPs and IDT is the “Think Thin! A Path to Thin Liquids” approach. There is so much supporting evidence that promotes thin liquids over thickened liquids. When…
Submitted by Tamala Sammons, M.A., CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource The Mission: Improve Sepsis identification early to improve patient outcomes. The Why: Sepsis was 20% of our Medicare Readmissions as an Organization in Calendar Year 2019. With every hour that treatment is…
Symptomless CVAs? By Lisa Harvey, M.S./CCC-SLP, Documentation Review Resource A pattern that our PDPM deep diving partners have found is hospital document and/or therapy documentation that reports a history of CVA that then goes…nowhere. Despite this history, no residual speech,…
Submitted by Tamala Sammons, M.A., CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource, Flagstone, Pennant, Sunstone, Milestone, Endura, Monument Vital signs are the objective measurements of temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure as a clinical means to assess general health. Additionally, many include Pain and…
Submitted by Brian del Poso, OTR/L, CHC, RAC-CT, Therapy Resource As you all know and have heard, our organization considers itself a “leadership development company that happens to be in healthcare,” and we are always looking to develop the best…
By Lisa Harvey, M.S./CCC-SLP, Documentation Review Resource Of the many exciting and challenging things our therapy teams look forward to doing every day, it is probably safe to assume documentation is not at the top of anybody’s list! Yet, in…
Submitted by Cory Robertson, Therapy Resource, Idaho Did you know that electrical stimulation can be used for more than a really fun demonstration in high school physiology class? Yes, it is great for that, but the evidence-based applications of electrical…