Wearable tech shows promise in spotting falls among older adults at home, improving reaction time
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.
Clinical briefs for Friday, June 28
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
Voice data can predict dementia, study finds … Report: C. diff rules lower inappropriate testing 20 percent … Treatment, outcomes improve survival in prostate cancer, study finds … FDA rejects AbbVie’s...
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 26, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
Judge likely to block tool used by PointClickCare to keep competitor out of EHR system
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2024
A federal judge is expected to issue a preliminary ruling next week in a case that pits two post-acute technology providers against each other and raises major questions about data safety and interoperability.
Show Me State program with 100% success may show nation’s nursing homes how to lower rehospitalizations,...
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Kimberly Marselas
Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
A state-level program to improve the quality of care and lower avoidable hospitalizations in Missouri nursing homes has worked so well that policymakers are pointing to it as a possible national solution.
Monday is the standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for entries for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Also in the News for Thursday, June 27, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2024
Major hospital group keeps pressure on Congress over nursing home staffing rule … Consumer Voice publishes guide on nursing home retaliation … Fitch predicts ‘deteriorating’ outlook for CCRCs will...
Study: Hypertension emerges as most common modifiable risk factor for dementia globally
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
Hypertension is now the top dementia risk factor. That compares to past years when smoking or less education were the leading risk factors, a new study finds.
Report: 28 percent of healthy folks over 60 have heart valve disease
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
About 28% of relatively healthy people over the age of 60 have heart valve disease, which could lead to more serious cardiovascular complications. This is according to a report published Wednesday in European...
Parkinson’s vaccine trial shows promise
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
A recent phase 1 trial that compared a potential vaccine for Parkinson’s disease to a placebo found the vaccine to be generally safe and that patients tolerated it well, according to a new study. Researchers...