The purpose of this article is to review the impact of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) on the quality measure (QM) scores of the 16 participating nursing homes of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) intervention. The MOQI was one of 7...
Many countries face the pressure of a rapidly growing aging population. Thus, due to this increase, the number of dependent older adults is projected to rise from 350 million in 2010 to 488 million in 2030 and 614 million in 2050.1 In the United...
In the response letter to our recent article, Smith1 and his colleagues made a constructive suggestion to remind the users of cognitive tests in the aging population. Elderly people may have different levels of physical constrains, such as...
The Institute of Medicine has highlighted unequal treatment for African American individuals in health care. We examined the association of underuse of antidepressants in African American individuals with increased mortality.
Antibiotic use is highly prevalent in long-term care facilities (LTCFs); a resident's annual exposure to at least 1 course of antibiotic is approximately 50% to 80%. The objective of this study was to understand the extent of antibiotic use in the...
There has been significant interest in providing both quality of care and fiscally responsible care with the advent of value-based medicine. Practitioners generally need more time to provide the excellence in care that will equate to improved...
