CDC signs off on seniors’ receipt of 2nd omicron-adapted COVID booster … Cranberry juice cuts repeat UTIs in women by 25%, but no data on use in the elderly … Biden picks cancer surgeon to run NIH...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, June 22
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 22, 2022
CMS proposes payment decrease of $810M for home health in 2023 … Widespread immunity keeping death rate low as COVID surges, expert say … New IBS treatment guidelines released for complications of...
Nursing home must litigate wrongful death claim, despite arbitration pact
By
Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
A South Carolina nursing facility is being forced to litigate a wrongful death dispute with a former resident’s family, even though they signed an arbitration agreement.
BPHI purchases community
Aug 14, 2018
Brazos Presbyterian Homes Inc. has purchased membership interest in Longhorn Village, a life plan community in Texas, Ziegler announced.
Nurse aide admits to stealing, pawning resident’s wedding ring
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Jan 11, 2016
A former aide at a Minnesota nursing home has admitted to stealing the wedding ring off of a resident’s finger and pawning it over her lunch break.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2022
Supreme Court grills attorneys over worker COVID-19 vaccination mandates … FDA shortens booster interval for Moderna vaccine to five months … Dementia prevalence estimated to increase to 152 million...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Nov. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2020
NIH and Fauci: Treatments for early COVID infection ‘critical’ to getting pandemic under control … Moderna could begin analyzing COVID vaccine data within days … Low fitness linked to higher depression...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 30
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2022
Senators want answers on Medicaid recipients’ low vaccination rates … FDA approves diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) in 2 mg dose … COVID-19 infection plus flu a dangerous combination: study …...
Hill-Rom to buy Welch Allyn for $2.05B
Jun 24, 2015
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. said it will acquire New York-based manufactorer Welch Allyn for $2.05 billion in cash and stock.
Lutheran Crossings chooses American DG Energy
Dec 22, 2014
American DG Energy Inc. announced an agreement to provide an On-Site Utility solution to Lutheran Crossings Enhanced Living in Moorestown, NJ.