OIG: Older Medicare recipients often harmed during hospital stays
May 13, 2022
Fully 25% of older American Medicare beneficiaries are at high risk of being harmed during acute care stays, according to the HHS Office of the Inspector General.
Screen racial, ethnic groups at lower BMI levels for diabetes, researchers say
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 13, 2022
A newly vetted set of BMI diagnosis thresholds can help clinicians catch diabetes earlier in higher risk groups, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, May 13
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 13, 2022
Nursing facility flu study recruiting now … Medication dosages predict successful control of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis … Multidisciplinary collaboration leads to 63% C. diff reduction...
Nurses report glaring gender pay gap, overwork in new survey
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 12, 2022
Despite an overall increase in salaries, registered nurses report glaring differences in pay and concerns about equity and overwork that could affect already troubled pandemic-era staffing levels.
Kidney injury risk soars with ‘triple whammy’ drug combo
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 12, 2022
When taken together, commonly indicated drugs may lead to acute kidney injury in susceptible patients with high blood pressure, a new study finds.
COVID-19-related neuropsychiatric conditions mirror those of other respiratory illnesses, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 12, 2022
Disease severity, not pathogen type, is key when treating neuropsychiatric complications after respiratory illness, a new study finds.
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
Sixteen national organizations were thinking of fall and the flu Tuesday when they asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend the public health emergency related to COVID-19.
Federal COVID funding averted skilled nursing ‘collapse,’ but new dangers ahead
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2022
Federal COVID-19 relief funding saved the skilled nursing industry from crumbling during the earlier days of the pandemic as providers struggled with increased expenses and historic occupancy lows, an...
Providers, patients fear loss of ‘critical’ waivers if vigilance lapses and PHE not extended
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2022
A group of 15 healthcare organizations on Tuesday warned a top health official that providers and patients could lose “vital” flexibilities if the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) isn’t extended...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 12
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 12, 2022
NHSN vaccine reporting deadline coming May 16 … FDA advisers to consider expanding use of Parkinson’s drug Nuplazid to treat Alzheimer’s psychosis … COVID-19 has become less deadly during the pandemic...