CMS has updated its PHE waivers and flexibilities fact sheet … Waiver of 3-day stay didn’t increase costs or poor outcomes in CMS study … Antipsychotic use varies widely by state among assisted living...
Poll: Americans uneasy with clinical use of artificial intelligence
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 26, 2023
Sixty percent of poll respondents said that they would feel uncomfortable if their own healthcare provider used AI to aid in tasks such as diagnosing disease and recommending treatments.
Persistent COVID-19 symptoms require rehab two years later, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 26, 2023
Over 80% of patients who report having post-COVID conditions four months after hospitalization continue to face symptoms that limit their daily functioning two years later, researchers have found.
Insomnia linked to 69 percent greater risk of heart attack
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 26, 2023
People who reported sleeping for five or fewer hours each night were the most likely to have a heart attack. Diabetes doubled this risk, investigators report.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 27
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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...
Patient advocates decry CMS decision on Alzheimer’s drug coverage
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
The Alzheimer’s Association and others have strongly criticized a decision by CMS to stand by its highly restrictive coverage for new dementia drugs.
Season’s flu vaccine 35 percent effective in keeping seniors out of hospital, CDC data show
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
This season’s influenza vaccine choice has provided relatively robust protection for seniors, according to preliminary data from the CDC.
Experts blast ‘flawed’ mask studies, urge healthcare workers to use respirators
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
Leading infectious disease experts are pushing back after the publication of two studies finding no differences between surgical masks and respirators for protecting healthcare workers against respiratory...
Clinical briefs for Friday, February 24
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2023
CMS says direct care hours requirement still undecided as staffing rule looms … Grassley demands answers from CMS on psychotropic drug investigations … Study: Focused ultrasound ablation improves Parkinson’s...
AARP reports end of nursing homes’ winter COVID spike, progress on resident shots
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 22, 2023
A wintertime spike in resident deaths has peaked and resident vaccination rates continue to creep up, according to the latest analysis from the AARP.