The treatment of elevated cholesterol, particularly with β-hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, is measured by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in various different ways. Statin Use...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the medical humanitarian care organization that has worked for 50 years in conflict zones and on infectious disease outbreaks throughout the world, for the first time in its history has stepped...
In “Truth-Telling, Equity, & Professionalism: Lessons in Leadership from the COVID Frontlines,” James Wright, MD, PhD, MATS, CMD, shared his very personal journey through the COVID-19 pandemic and related how truth-telling was his companion...
Before becoming the president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, spoke with some of his predecessors about the role. “They told me about what was involved, and they said I would be perfectly...
After spending two days listening to expert guidance, inspirational stories, research updates, and best practices, the participants in AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s “Leadership, Ethics & PALTC Virtual Symposium...
Fear and uncertainty. Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Rochester, spoke honestly about her early reactions to COVID-19. During the recent “Leadership, Ethics & PALTC Virtual Symposium” of AMDA – The...
“You are heroes. You are doing tremendous work in nursing homes around the country, and that work is being recognized,” said David Grabowski, PhD, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, in the opening session of the National...
This year has been fraught with challenges, chaos, and stunning surprises. We’ve all desperately needed some source of optimism, energy, and empowerment, and the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is working with AMDA – The...
“Normalcy” has become a nostalgic word in recent months, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with no end in sight. Everyone yearns to return to more predictable times, yet no one knows what the “new normal” will look like or when it will...
