by Audrey Kinsella Loretta B. is middle-aged and the primary — but not live-in — caregiver for her 79-year-old mother, who is mobility impaired and has a heart condition. And Loretta’s mother still drives. Needless to say, Loretta spends much of her time worrying. Or, at least she used to. Carl Q. is young […]
By Tim Rowan The Rowan Resources Academy, offered through a joint partnership between Rowan Consulting Associates Inc. (RCAI) and Relias Learning, is a training solution for healthcare organizations. Both field and office staff can take online courses and receive CEs, and managers can track test scores and log credits, all without the need for a […]
by Roger McManus Part 4 in an 8-part series about the new world of Reputation Management and Inverse Marketing There have been fights, even lawsuits, over how business owners feel they have been damaged by Yelp reviews. What it gets down to is First Amendment rights. Yelp owns its website. They can (within reason) publish […]
By Tim Rowan On Friday, July 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will extend the temporary home health agency enrollment moratorium in currently designated metropolitan areas. Effective July 29, 2015, the home health enrollment moratorium for certain counties in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas will be extended six months in […]
Med-Pass makes the teaching skills of attorney and RN Lisa Selman-Holman available nationwide, 24/7.
As part of its effort to promote GoToMeeting, Citrix has published a study of web conference training trends. Though some of the language has the flavor of a promotional document, it includes some useful information about the advantages and growing use of online learning.
by Traci Frazer, MS, Ed.S Whatever your age, gender or size, there is a limit to how much weight you can lift, how fast you can run, and how high you can jump. Some people’s limits are higher, some lower, but every one of us not born on the planet Krypton has a physical limit […]
Relias Learning’s 2015 State of Training report was based on a national survey designed to get a perspective on five broad staff development and training issues: The perceived business alignment, value and impact of today’s staff development and training programs Principal training drivers and emerging influences Perceptions about the strengths and weaknesses of existing training programs Current […]
by Tim Rowan For Peggy Patton, RN, the question is not which educational format is the best but which best matches the needs of each organization and its staff. Instructors, written material, online text or video, super users and preceptors each have their place. “There has to be a mechanism you use to direct it, […]
By Tim Rowan Making clear that this is an early warning with the postscript, “APPLICATIONS ARE NOT BEING SOLICITED AT THIS TIME,” AHRQ announced this week that sometime in the near future it intends to launch a new initiative to disseminate and implement patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings through clinical decision support (CDS). This […]
