Many individuals in late life experience falls. These falls can have various adverse consequences (eg, increased depressive symptoms, injuries, or functional losses1). Owing to the importance of falls, various correlates of falls have been...
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are common destinations after hospitalization for patients with heart failure (HF). Our objective was to determine if patients in SNFs with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of HF benefit from an HF disease...
To investigate the associations between central anticholinergic burden and mortality, hospitalization, and cognitive impairment in people with dementia prescribed anticholinergic drugs for urinary symptoms.
Workplace disruptive behavior incidents can be costly for organizations, employees, and customers. Persons with dementia living in long-term care settings have a high risk of exhibiting distressed behaviors. We examined whether a resident-centered,...
The Society recently submitted comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) public rule soliciting feedback on making the ETS a permanent standard. The ETS...
In late August, CMS will issue a Special Edition Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on the impact of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on Part B claims for telehealth. Use the data-driven report to compare your billing practices during the PHE with...
CMS posted technical updates to the Monoclonal Antibody COVID-19 Infusion and COVID-19 Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies webpages to reflect updates to the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for casirivimab and imdevimab, a COVID-19 monoclonal...
Hip fracture is one of the most common injuries encountered in orthopedics.1 Because of the high morbidity and mortality, hip fracture has considerable health and economic consequences for patients and families, and a burden to health care systems...
Increased care capacity in nursing homes has been shown to reduce costly hospital transfers, however little evidence is available to guide decision making for specific transfers.1 Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and...
