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Pain Relief for Practitioners: The Latest Word on Evolving Issue

Spotlight
Medication, Opioids, Pain Management
August 5, 2016
“The use of narcotics to treat pain will likely go the way of atypical antipsychotics. The survey process will likely include gradual dose reductions. Narcotics are used to treat pain but these drugs also kill people,” says Eric Tangalos, MD, CMD,...

Educator Gives Futures Program an ‘A’

Spotlight
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care
July 29, 2016
“The word on the street was that the Society’s conference was clinical and practice focused, and my mentor suggested the Futures Program as great exposure to this care setting,” says Karen Kirkham, MD. “I learned about a wide array of tools and data...

Be a Choosing Wisely Champion

Quality
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families
“We need them to work with us to demonstrate and communicate to others their successes with the Choosing Wisely campaign.” To move forward on this goal, the ABIM Foundation recently announced a new component of the Choosing Wisely campaign—the...

Question Leads to Poster, Poster Leads to Top Honor

Spotlight
Anticoagulants
July 22, 2016
Scott Hanson, DO, wasn’t thinking about creating an award-winning poster when he started examining the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies in his facility. He was seeking to improve care and prevent avoidable hospitalization. Not only...

Multistate Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Infections

Clinical Alerts
Infections, Medication
July 8, 2016
The CDC is collaborating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), multiple state and local health departments, and healthcare facilities to investigate a multi-state outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia infections. These infections have occurred...

Congress Passes Opioid Legislation

Policy Snapshot
Medication, Opioids, Pain Management
July 15, 2016
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) was sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and was recently passed with bi-partisan support in both Houses of Congress. The bill, which the President is...

QI Awards Give Practitioners Vision to See Issues Clearly and Focus on Change

Spotlight
Dementia, Diabetes, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Patient Centered, Quality, Improvement, Urinary Incontinence
July 15, 2016
"Our study was sparked when we noticed that for the first time in our facility we had used more antibiotics for respiratory infections than for UTIs. We decided to look at why this was and figure out a way to decrease the inappropriate use of...

July 8, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Hospice, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Federal Regulations, Pain Management, Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Practitioners, Quality, Improvement, Measures, Rehabilitation, Resident, Transitions of Care
July 8, 2016
Spotlight: Feedback Results in Forward Thinking for Advance Curriculum Faculty HPA: Bellantoni New AMA CPT Advisor; Open Payments Program Posts 2015 Financial Data; CMS SNF Quality Reporting Call; Transforming PAC Through Standardization and Care...

July 1, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Pain Management, Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Younger Adult
July 1, 2016
Spotlight: Webinar to Focus on Challenges of Younger Residents HPA: LTPAC HIT Summit Puts Spotlight on Connecting LTPAC Settings; Society Comments on MACRA Proposed Rule; REMINDER: EHR Incentive Program; REMINDER: PBJ Reporting; CMS Quality Measures...

IMPROVING CARE TRANSITIONS FROM THE NURSING FACILITY TO A COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING

White Paper
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
March 2009 I. Introduction Issues related to transitioning patients across sites of care increasingly have been in the national spotlight. There is evidence that poor transitions may result in adverse outcomes such as an avoidable re-...