Argentum, AHCA / NCAL launch campaigns to share positive messages during pandemic … Clinic study shows where surface-cleaning efforts can fall short … CVS moves to prevent hoarding of malaria drug...
Common medical devices ripe for cyberattack, LTC prone to security breaches
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 20, 2022
The healthcare sector is increasingly at risk of cyber crime due to unpatched medical devices with outdated software or inadequate security features, experts say.
Surgeon general tags loneliness as next public health threat
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Alicia Lasek
May 03, 2023
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared loneliness, a condition linked to health comorbidities and premature death, an American epidemic requiring national action.
Online tool helps take guesswork out of COVID-19 testing in long-term care facilities
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
The LTCF Simulation dashboard uses facility and community data — such as proposed test schedules, number of shift workers, vaccination rates and community case prevalence — to help LTC administrators...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 15
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
CDC updates COVID vaccine information for healthcare workers … Mild-to-moderate COVID-19 ‘highly unlikely’ to be infectious after day 10: study … Certain blood pressure meds tied to lower mortality...
Chair-based exercise boosts function for ambulatory and wheelchair-using residents
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 30, 2021
Creative chair-based exercise may lead to significant improvement in a variety of mobility, cognitive and well-being measures, researchers say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, June 9
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2023
Nursing home hit with $150K fine after COVID-positive employee returns too soon … Pandemic or not, readmissions still plague certain SNF patients … CMS’s new primary care model aims at improving...
Stepped-up clinician engagement cuts falls risk
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2022
A successful falls prevention program requires heightened healthcare provider engagement, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 8
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Alicia Lasek
May 08, 2023
Pneumonia, not cytokine storm, a key driver of COVID-19 deaths: study … Assisted living held up as solution to ‘loneliness epidemic’ … CDC: Cigarette smoking at its lowest since 1965, least common...
Pandemic paves way for mobile dentistry, teledentistry in long-term care, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
Mobile dentistry for people with dementia, teledentistry, and vaccines by dentist are some of the opportunities that have arisen from disruptions to residents’ oral healthcare during the pandemic, according...