The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Programs Bi-Monthly Forum will be held on Tuesday, September 28, from 1:30–2:30 PM ET . During this webinar, attendees will learn important updates relevant to CMS’ Quality Measurement...
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a $2.1 billion investment to improve infection prevention and control activities across the U.S. public health and health-care sectors. The CDC is investing the American...
Insight into older adults’ physical resilience is needed to predict functional recovery after hospitalization. We assessed functional trajectories in response to acute illness and subsequent hospitalization and investigated baseline variables and...
Patients hospitalized for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may present with persistent symptoms and functional impairment for months after infection.1,2 A proportion of those patients may need further hospitalization for rehabilitation or...
The current massive COVID-19 immunization campaign has initiated a change in the course of the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The duration of postvaccination protection can be estimated from longer-...
As more countries are implementing measures to address Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is essential to update the available knowledge on the relationship between economic status and mortality in patients with AD. This study examined the influence of...
It is a concern that public health measures to prevent older people contracting COVID-19 could lead to a rise in mental health problems such as depression.The aim of this study therefore is to examine trends of depressive symptoms before and during...
The federal government announced last week that it will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to protect both them and patients from the virus and its more contagious Delta variant. Facilities...
