Tech interventions boost hand hygiene compliance across 2 health systems
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2023
Technology that pinpoints missed opportunities and improves accountability helped to substantially improve staff compliance, according to reports presented this week at APIC’s annual conference.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, August 2
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing: study … ‘First-ever’ legislation to end Parkinson’s disease introduced in House … Shingles virus may cause damage...
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 15
By
Alicia Lasek
May 14, 2023
Senior living providers navigate PHE unwinding, state-level guidelines … Therapy association urges cautious use of telehealth until HHS responds … Fear, mistrust a barrier to mental healthcare in Medicaid-funded...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 26, 2023
NIH: Spinal cord stimulation may restore arm and hand mobility after stroke … Screening rates for certain cancers must pick up after pandemic slowdown, analysts say … Antibiotics for COVID more commonly...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 07, 2023
Researchers identify weak links in nursing homes’ COVID defenses … NIH: Early eye injections delay but don’t improve vision loss in diabetic retinopathy … Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. households were sick...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 18, 2023
Medicaid HCBS study shows ‘we still know very little’ about COVID in senior living … FDA video explains new category of OTC hearing aids … NIH: Probiotic slashes S. aureus colonization in mid-stage...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 13
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 13, 2023
Aging services organizations back campaign to enable more care by advanced nurses … U.S. COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations fall as XBB subvariant shifts … Billions could be saved long term if Medicare...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 26, 2023
NIH study reveals link between viral illness and later Alzheimer’s diagnoses … CDC: 12% of seniors take sleep aids, more so women than men … Frailty measure predicts referral to social services...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2022
OIG: OSHA’s failed enforcement activities heightened risk of workplace virus exposure … Nearly half of states now use Medicaid to boost direct-care pay … Study in seniors shows four-fold jump in...
[UPDATED] ‘Killer Nurse’ gets 380 years after pleading guilty to 3 nursing home murders
By
Josh Henreckson
May 03, 2024
Heather Pressdee, who has become known as the “Killer Nurse,” pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempted homicide Thursday morning.