Nursing Facilities Blog
A blog about the challenges facing skilled nursing & assisted living facilities.
A blog about skilled nursing facilities and assisted living residences
Revolutionizing How You Schedule, Step by Step
While many industries – from retail to foodservice – are already using advanced technology to optimize workforce utilization and scheduling, most of the healthcare industry has lagged in adopting more advanced systems with nursing and rehab facilities, notably behind...
How Facilities Can Reduce Nurse Burnout
What Facilities Can Do To Reduce Nurse Burnout Many facility managers and DONs have their hands full with their own day-to-day tasks and don’t always have the time to provide their Nurse and CNA staff with recognition programs and breaks. But when you factor in the...
The Three Cs Crucial for Positive Patient Outcomes and Experience
Chronic workforce shortages and the financial impact of traditional outsourced nurse staffing solutions have created a delicate balancing act for nursing homes, requiring them to walk a razor’s edge between the two C’s, cost and coverage. However, recent...
Meet the Winners of IntelyCare’s Inaugural Healthcare Heroes Awards
IntelyCare believes that nursing professionals deserve the spotlight, long after the cameras stop rolling, the news crews have gone home, and life as we know it returns to normal. The Healthcare Heroes community is one that empowers nursing professionals like you to...
Three Ways One Platform Can Transform Your Facility Scheduling
Inefficient staffing processes have long been a problem for the nursing facility scheduling industry. Whether it’s due to paper and pencil systems or confusing spreadsheets, the scheduler has had a tough job managing regular and on-demand staff. So how can one...
How Technology Can Empower Today’s Healthcare Heroes
At IntelyCare, we’re revolutionizing healthcare staffing, scheduling, and training for post-acute care. Fueled by advanced data science, our workforce management platform empowers nurses, facility administrators, and other healthcare heroes to transform the way they...
How to prepare your skilled nursing facility for coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the novel coronavirus) has become a significant public health concern that is now impacting post-acute communities across the US. At IntelyCare, we have been closely monitoring the news and the recommendations of the Centers for...
The Future of Staffing: Four Key Takeaways from the SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit
How evolving the culture and fixing the superhuman mindset can improve the lives of nurses and their patients. Nursing is consistently voted the nation’s most trusted profession – and yet, it can be one of the nation’s most ‘at-risk’ professions as well. According to...
IntelyCare Spotlight: Meet Vice President of Operations, Mike Clericuzio
IntelyCare Spotlights Mike Clericuzio, Vice President of Operations Mike Clericuzio and his team are at the center of the IntelyCare universe – they make sure that our IntelyPros and clients have someone to answer their questions, 24/7. They are also the drivers of...
What SNFs need to know about CMS’s Patient Driven Payment Model
Last July, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced a new case-mix classification model, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). PDPM will take effect beginning October 1, which will be used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment...