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Prevalence and Impact of Functional and Psychosocial Problems in Hospitalized Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
May 8, 2019
Underpinning standards for delivering comprehensive care in hospital is the need to identify issues contributing to patient complexity and risk of harm. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of functional and psychosocial problems in...

Relation Between Genetic Factors and Frailty in Older Adults

JAMDA
May 8, 2019
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that identifies individuals at higher risk of disability, institutionalization, and death. We previously reported that frailty is related to oxidative stress and cognitive impairment-related biomarkers. The aim of...

Effects of the FIT-HIP Intervention for Fear of Falling After Hip Fracture: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Geriatric Rehabilitation

JAMDA
May 8, 2019
Fear of falling (FoF) is common after hip fracture and can impede functional recovery because of activity restriction. The Fear of falling InTervention in HIP fracture geriatric rehabilitation (FIT-HIP intervention) was designed to target FoF and...

Webinar Offers Answers to Tough Questions about Sepsis

Spotlight
May 7, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Concerns about sepsis bring with them lots of questions. A May 15 Society webinar, Sepsis: Practical Pearls in Diagnosis and Treatment Decisions in LTC, will provide some answers. Webinar participants will gain...

Reducing Avoidable Facility Transfers (RAFT): Outcomes of a Team Model to Minimize Unwarranted Emergency Care at Skilled Nursing Facilities

JAMDA
May 6, 2019
Acute health care interventions for residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are often unwarranted, unwanted, and/or harmful. We describe a provider-focused care model to reduce unwarranted or unwanted acute health care utilization.

May 5, 2019

Weekly Roundup
May 5, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join During a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast on Advance Care Planning (ACP), host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, noted that this “is by no means a new concept in medicine.” Yet guest Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, brought...

Reducing the Tension Between Patient Safety and Trainee Autonomy

JAMDA
May 4, 2019
Maintaining quality of care and improving patient safety is a constant challenge in out-of-hospital settings like nursing homes1 and general practices,2 and can be even more challenging when care is provided by trainees during residency training. On...

Nursing Home Compare Refresh

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners, Quality
May 2, 2019
The April 2019 Nursing Home Compare refresh is available, including quality measure results based on Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program data. Visit the Nursing Home Compare website to view the data. For more information, visit...

IRF, LTCH, and SNF Quality Reporting Programs: Submission Deadline May 15

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners, Quality
May 2, 2019
The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs for the fourth quarter of 2018 is May 15. For more information: IRF Quality...

Upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Webinars

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
May 2, 2019
CMS Primary Cares Initiative: Direct Contracting Model Webinar — May 7 The CMS Primary Cares Initiative is a new set of payment models that will transform primary care to deliver better value for patients throughout the health care system. Direct...