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Staff Scheduling Success Starts With Keeping Your Promises
November 25, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
If you have frequently recurring holes in your staff scheduling, your first inclination might be to hire more people. That’s not necessarily the wrong move, but jumping into hiring might be premature...
Have you heard of a hack day (or a hackathon)? It’s where us software folk collaborate intensively to come up with and design ideas. We just held our first one at OnShift and it was a huge success!...
National Assisted Living Week – It’s Time to Celebrate the Caregivers
September 16, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
This year’s National Assisted Living Week is all about nourishing your residents – enriching their lives through mind, body, and spirit. But while you focus on activities with residents this week, we...
Have Your Cake & Eat It, Too: Staffing to Improve Quality, Cut Costs
July 17, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
I have my nephew’s birthday party coming up on Sunday, so I asked my sister two questions as I normally do. First, “What does Jackson want for his birthday?” My sister gave me some different ideas...
It’s summer! For me this time of year is full of barbeques, the beach and baseball. There’s nothing like going to baseball games in the summer. To be honest I don’t find them very exciting but it’s...
I woke up today still emotionally drained from the NBA Finals. See, I’m from Cleveland – born and raised – and I really thought the Cavs had a good chance at ending Cleveland’s 51-year championship...
Senior Care Staffing: Getting the Valentine’s Day Answer You Want
February 13, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
I was 7 years old when I finally got the courage to ask Christine to be my Valentine. I had the BIGGEST crush on her! She was the girl next door - funny, pretty and most importantly she talked to me....
3 reasons why staffing should be your New Year’s resolution
January 8, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
What’s your New Year’s Resolution for 2015? I’ve spent some time coming up with mine, and I ended up with three: to be more positive, better with my money, and to make more friends. These are all...
The ACA is Comin’ to Town: Are You Ready for the Employer Mandate?
December 19, 2014 | Mike Pumphrey
I’d say the holiday season is in full swing – and this time of year I feel like I have two jobs, my full-time job and my part-time job. And when I say what my “part-time job” is, you may laugh at...
How Post-Acute Providers Can Drive Network Development in 2015
December 16, 2014 | Mike Pumphrey
As an ex-hospital CEO, I know that hospitals have been in the driver’s seat in controlling the health care movement in the marketplace for years. Now with the obvious need to stay away from...
A recent article in McKnight's reported a significant improvement in the reduction and treatment of pressure ulcers, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology.
Work Schedules in Senior Care – Where It’s Good To Be Predictable
November 24, 2014 | Mike Pumphrey
When I was younger, I would have been insulted if you called me predictable. I wanted to be seen as adventurous and spontaneous. But I have to admit, as I have gotten older, being predictable isn't...
