A Center for Disease Control National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) study involving 38 long-term care facilities (LTC) in South Carolina (SC) identified gaps in educational and care tools addressing clostridium difficile infections (CDI),...
Introducing residents of family medicine programs to a standardized nursing home curriculum is key to not only providing educational opportunities but ultimately providing quality, compassionate care to residents of nursing homes. Many graduates of...
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an educational program that uses videoconferencing technology to link primary care providers in local communities with expert interprofessional teams at an academic hub in order to build...
The practice of geriatric medicine is an integral component of residency training in internal medicine. In fact, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in Internal Medicine specifies that training programs should have a...
Wound care is an important topic in PA/LTC in terms of quality measurement, risk management, reimbursement, and cost. Despite its importance, characteristics of residents with wounds and prevalence of wound types have not been well studied.
Pain is a very common problem in U.S. adults, especially in adults more than 65 years old. 40-80% of nursing home. Headache is one of the most frequent complaints in older people. Chronic headache is defined as having a headache on at least half the...
Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a relatively new treatment regimen for Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and are associated with less hypoglycemia than insulin. There are no published data regarding the effects of these drugs on insulin...
Herpes Zoster (HZ) is a neurocutaneous disease caused by reactivation of latent Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV). Although up to 20% of people develop shingles during their lifetime, it predominantly affects older individuals. The lifetime recurrent...
Patient is a 73-year-old female with chronic kidney disease 3 who presented to the hospital with abnormal lab results through a primary care doctor's office. Magnesium level was 0.6 mg/dL and calcium 6.6 mg/dL despite being on chronic oral magnesium...
Interdisciplinary discussions are tremendously important, especially during possible end-of-life cases. Prior to initiating potentially deadly end-of-life medications, a patient's general clinical picture should be taken into account.
