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A Shout-Out at White House Forum

August 13, 2015
AMDA in the News
Choosing Wisely
Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship
On June 2, 2015, the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship convened leaders in agriculture, and animal and human health, as well as representatives from the pharmaceutical and food safety industries. The event followed the March release of the...

Biotech Stocks Buzz

August 13, 2015
AMDA in the News
Wall Street Point
Medication, Antipsychotics, Parkinson's Disease
The $3.83B company on August 6, 2015 announced the publication of new data from its ongoing open-label safety extension study, the -015 Study, with NUPLAZID™ in patients with Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP) in the July 31 online issue of the...

Profile: Naushira Pandya, MD

August 6, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Patient Centered
A world traveler who is active in her community, Pandya is proud to have grown an outpatient clinic and to have made “person-centered care” more than a buzz-worthy phrase. She is using her platform to work with pharmacists, doctors and nursing...

Plan Will Push Care Planning

August 5, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to reimburse practitioners for discussing advance care planning drew praise of long-term care medical directors in July.

FSU College of Medicine Gets Geriatrics Grant

July 20, 2015
AMDA in the News
Tallahassee Democrat
The ultimate goal is to enhance the workforce — nurses, social workers, primary-care physicians and the public,” said geriatrician Paul Katz, chair of the College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics and past president of the American Medical...

AMDA Leads National Trial Examining Use of Antibiotics in Long-Term Care

July 16, 2015
AMDA in the News
Argentum
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care will be leading a three-year $1.5 million national trial to examine methods to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics in post-acute and long-term care communities.

chris@myhealthrecruiter.com

July 15, 2015
AMDA in the News
Alternet
Alzheimer’s Disease, Resident, Risk
The Hebrew Home at Riverdale has been recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the country. The facility offers an onsite audiology clinic, 24-hour nursing care, occupational therapy and more. Among the services offered in that extended list...

Why Won’t My Aging Mother Eat? Maybe it’s Because She’s Lonely.

July 11, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Washington Post
Mental Health, Depression
“Do I have to be heavy?” she suddenly snaps, slamming down her fork and pushing the photo album at me. To my mother, life is black-and-white: Thin is good, and weight — even the smallest amount, even if it helps fend off frailty, as a 2013 article...

Providers Applaud CMS Proposal to Cover Advance Care Planning

July 9, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
Long-term care organizations are applauding a proposal released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that would reimburse healthcare practitioners for discussing advance care planning with patients.

CMS Proposes Physician Reimbursement for End-of-Lfe Discussions

July 8, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) strongly approves the move: “Post-acute and long-term care practitioners provide quality and thoughtful care and family members and friends of very ill patients will receive greater peace...