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HEALTHCARE LEADER: Bryan Ikerd
Administrator, Trezevant Terrace De-Institutionalizing Assisted Living
Notwithstanding the unpopular alternative, aging is a certainty we all face with varying degrees of trepidation; so it’s reassuring to find that administrator Bryan Ikerd is committed to delivering a warmer...
JUDY OTTO |
Memphis on the Mend: Creative Aging Midsouth
Improving Quality of Life for Seniors with Music and the Arts
Awakenings. It was a best-selling book. It was an Academy Award-nominated film. It’s also a fairly common occurrence in many Memphis assisted-living centers. Of course,...
PAMELA HARRIS |
Hey Doc, Your Website is Dead
Remember the Tamagotchi? It was popular with teens and preteens in the late 1990s. Owners of these pocket-sized toys were told, “The Tamagotchi is a tiny pet from cyberspace that needs your love to survive and...
TIM NICHOLSON |
Hospitals Prepare For Costly Coding Changes
Coding for medical diagnoses will change dramatically on Oct. 1, 2014, when the ICD-9 codes are replaced by ICD-10, but Memphis-area hospitals say that despite the addition of thousands of codes, they are ready...
JONATHAN DEVIN |
Patient Safety Takes Flight in Tennessee
TCPS, LifeWings Partner to Implement TeamSTEPPS
The Tennessee Center for Patient Safety (TCPS) recently announced a collaborative agreement with LifeWings Partners LLC, a West Tennessee company that has adapted the best practices...
CINDY SANDERS |
MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Accelerating Change in Population Health Management
Sometimes the bigger the problem, the less expensive the solution. What’s expensive is trying to fix after-the-fact outcomes rather than creating strategies that get at the behaviors and cause...
BILL APPLING and JONNA ELZEN |
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