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Extended Care Product News - ISSN: 0895-2906 - Volume 106 - Issue 1 - January 2006

Director's Chair: Improving Facility Staff’s Resident-Handling Practices
Guy Fragala, PhD, PE, CSP

Editor's Message: Conference Calls
Ryan Dougherty

Executive Summary: So You’re Ready to Renovate: Now What?
Interview with Kathleen Taylor, Allied Member ASID, WRID

Feature: The Potential of the Electronic Health Record
C. Peter Waegemann
The rise of electronic health records in long-term care will streamline communication between providers, ensuring a higher quality of care and containment of costs.

Clinical Records and Billing: What You Need to Know
Joy Morrow, RN, PhD
Paying closer attention to patient information and educating (and re-educating) staff members are among the strategies for reducing billing errors and claim denials.

Avoiding Tube-Feeding Intolerance
Evelyn Phillips, MS, RD, LDN, Nicole Short, MA, RD, LDN, Cheri Turner, RPH, MBA, Karen Troy, RN, CRRN, and Marlene Gallagher, RN
Understanding some practical solutions for improving tube-feeding tolerance can help caregivers deliver appropriate and adequate nutrition to improve patient outcomes.

Wound and Skin Assessment: a Focus on the Feet
Donald E. Mrdjenovich, DPM, CWS, FCCWS
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Incontinence: The Proper Sizing of Incontinence Products
Leah Klusch, RN, BSN

MDS: Mastering the MDS
Carol Richelson, RN, MS, WOCN

New Products: January/February 2006

News and Trends: January/February 2006

Nutrition: The Value of Multivitamin and Mineral Supplements
Victoria Shanta Retelny, RD, LD

OASIS: OASIS: More Than Just an Assessment
Ben Peirce, RN, BA, CWOCN, and Pamela Teenier, RN, MBA, CHCE, COS-C

Wandering/Fall Management: Reducing Falls by Identifying Root Causes
Ginette Rows, RN, MA

Note: Healthcare regulations discussed in archived articles may have changed since publication in ECPN. For the latest information, visit www.cms.hhs.gov.

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	CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDANCE: THE UTILIZATION OF ADJUSTABLE LOW BEDS IN THE PREVENTION OF FALLS AND INJURIOUS FALLS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
	Fall Management Technology: Can a New Generation Position Monitor Assist with F-Tag 323 Compliance?
	Using Medications Appropriately
	Creating a Culture of Safety
	Answering Skin and Wound Questions
	Medicare Enhances QIO Program Oversight

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