Providers at risk of COVID-19 exposure offered online safety training: NIH
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2020
A virtual safety training program developed with private sector e-learning companies is now accessible on the agency’s website.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 30
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2020
Older minorities more prone to severe depression … New blood-based tests could identify people who’ve recovered from undetected COVID-19 … WHO launches large-scale trial to test a range of coronavirus...
$2T stimulus package a good first step, but more ‘likely’ needed, long-term care leaders say
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Danielle Brown
Mar 27, 2020
Providers are calling a $2 trillion economic stimulus package a good first step but quickly add that long-term care operators are going to need a bigger slice for an adequate coronavirus response.
Experts expect COVID-19 to create surge of post-acute residents, more staffing woes
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Danielle Brown
Mar 27, 2020
Staffing will be “key” for post-acute care providers in the coming weeks, especially during an expected surge of residents recovering from the novel 2019 coronavirus, experts say in a new viewpoint...
A 5-star New Jersey nursing and assisted living facility was evacuated Wednesday after two dozen residents and five staff members tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus.
Social distancing greatly reduced coronavirus infections in China
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2020
A series of social interventions and a lockdown prevented 94% of infections in one province, according to analysts.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, March 27
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2020
Daily aspirin shows no effect on dementia in 5-year study … Tears unlikely to spread COVID-19, say ophthalmologists … New tools may enable communication with ventilator-assisted patients during...
Therapy in a COVID-19 world: Telehealth, e-visits, and essential healthcare personnel
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Renee Kinder
Mar 26, 2020
The therapy world as we know it has been transformed in the era of COVID-19. Allow me to provide some important answers to some important questions.
Lawmakers’ $2T stimulus package includes nursing homes slice; COVID-plagued SNF stops spread, rebuffs...
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Danielle Brown
Mar 26, 2020
Nursing home providers may see tougher infection-control standards thanks to provisions of a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus congressional deal formed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
CMS tells states to leave Medicaid recipients alone and cover testing if they want coronavirus aid
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Liza Berger
Mar 26, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued tough language to state Medicaid programs as it relates to recently announced coronavirus emergency aid, Inside Health Policy reported.