Residents may be more open to deprescribing when suggested by physician
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 19, 2021
Among 300 geriatric inpatients, outpatients and nursing home residents, 33% said they would like to try stopping one of their medications on their own. And a greater number — 87% — said they would...
AMDA’s new COVID vaccine PowerPoint can help answer resident, staff concerns
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2020
A toolkit created by industry clinicians aims to help long-term care operators address questions about getting vaccinated. A PowerPoint presentation is available to share with staff and residents.
Rollout of COVID antibody therapy requires clinician feedback, U.S. officials say
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 11, 2020
Federal agencies say they will depend on clinician input during distribution of Eli Lilly’s new intravenous antibody therapy for high-risk COVID-19 patients.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, May 6
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Alicia Lasek
May 05, 2020
Nursing homes to feds: Expand COVID-19 testing to all, pay $120K per facility, expedite PPE shipments … People aged 95 and over show stronger brain connectivity, say investigators … Intensive blood...
COVID-19 causing insomnia among many caregivers: These tips may help
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2020
Stress-related insomnia troubled more than a third of medical caregivers during peak periods of coronavirus activity in China, say researchers. An insomnia expert has solutions.
Clinicians often slow to react to high blood pressure readings, analysis finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 09, 2020
Only 12% of patients receive new medications or dose adjustments when clinicians find high readings, according to national EHR data.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, February 24
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 21, 2020
This season’s flu vaccines are 45% effective: CDC … ER patients may care less about a clinician’s race and gender than previously thought … New group of antibiotics hold promise in fight against...
Nearly half of Medicaid patients’ antibiotics prescribed with ‘no clear rationale’
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 04, 2020
Among millions of antibiotic fills tracked, many had no recent claims for a clinician encounter or a link to an infection diagnosis, say investigators.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, January 24
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 23, 2020
Majority of coronavirus victims elderly men with multiple morbidities … Losing sense of smell disrupts nearly all aspects of life, study finds … Medicare to cover acupuncture treatments for lower back...
Clinician re-training sorely needed for blood pressure measurement: survey
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 19, 2019
One-third of nurses and half of doctors surveyed report that they haven’t been retrained in blood pressure measurement since leaving professional school.