CMS unveils new one-stop online info source for nursing home providers … CMS wants feedback on using COVID vaccination rates as a plan performance measure … High blood pressure while sleeping raises...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, July 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2021
New CMS Medicare chief was health system exec, former HHS health reform director … More falls may occur in SNFs after admitting residents with existing cognitive decline: study … New health benefits...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2021
New CDC effort will track impact of COVID-19 and other public health threats on long-term care facilities … FDA pushes to cut sodium by 12% in American foods in bid to confront chronic disease epidemic...
New wave of flu cases, COVID-19 hospitalizations hits U.S., impacting seniors
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2022
Flu activity was the highest in a decade last week and hospitalizations for three respiratory viruses are straining healthcare systems, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Monday.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 29
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 29, 2020
HHS awards nursing homes $333M in COVID infection-control performance rewards … Severe COVID may age the brain by a decade, researchers say … All adults with endocrine disorders should receive cholesterol,...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday Oct. 28
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 28, 2020
Record U.S. COVID surge reaches America’s oldest populations … Large study shows COVID antibodies may wear off … Treat insomnia and depression together in elders with asthma, researchers say...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 25
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 25, 2021
Study confirms that gastrointestinal surgery can reverse type 2 diabetes … COVID-19 virus triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections … British prime minister: ‘Some evidence’ UK virus...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2020
1 in 8 nursing home workers have completed COVID training program, CMS says … FDA releases new COVID diagnostic test information, resources … Amazon launches prescription meds delivery service …...
Drug-resistant infections found in nearly half of residents with sepsis
By
Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2021
Nursing home residents hospitalized for sepsis have high rates of multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections, putting them at risk for a host of adverse outcomes — including longer intensive care stays,...
Nurses make far fewer injection errors when guidelines are more understandable
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2020
Intravenous injections are more than twice as safe when nurses use instructions written with their training in mind, a new study shows.