Ransomware ‘bull’s eye’ grows, clouding telehealth’s rise in long-term care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2021
Even as COVID-19 and its emphasis on telehealth have opened providers to greater cybersecurity risks, insurance policies that offer potential protection are becoming more expensive, and in some cases,...
Fears become reality? Surveyor may have exposed residents, staff to COVID-19
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Danielle Brown
Apr 19, 2021
Provider concerns about surveyors potentially spreading COVID-19 throughout facilities due to a lack of required testing before entering may be justified after a report that a health department employee...
While FDA moves to halt mask reuse, N95 access remains spotty, report finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2021
A new push to ensure that healthcare facilities stockpile single-use or reusable N95 respirators has arrived while some workers continue to lack access to the equipment and U.S. mask manufacturers can’t...
Is the doctor in? Improve nursing homes with one easy stroke
By
Kenneth Lehmann
Apr 14, 2021
Many nursing home COVID-19 patients would have benefitted from daily, reimbursed-for physician visits in their skilled nursing facilities, but they were not entitled to them. With an epic crisis...
LTC vaccinators opt to briefly halt J&J shots while awaiting FDA guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2021
Long-term care pharmacies and clinicians have temporarily paused their use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine following recommendations from health officials. Guidance is needed quickly in order to...
Gaming platform play improves function in residents with severe dementia: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2021
Nursing home residents with severe dementia had significant cognitive and physical skill improvement after training regularly with fitness software that increased motivation, researchers say.
LTC pharmacies pivot after feds call for timeout on J&J COVID vaccine
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 14, 2021
Long-term care pharmacies have stopped using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and are awaiting further instruction from federal health officials, who recommended the halt while they investigate six...
Long-term care remains in the dark about infection preventionist requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2021
The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but 13 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care providers still remain in the dark as to who will fit the federal government’s final...
An antibody cocktail that halts disease progression in sick COVD-19 patients has been shown to prevent the disease altogether in healthy people who live in close contact with an infected person, the drugmaker...
Google vets health record tool for patients; Microsoft bets on healthcare AI
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...