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House Energy & Commerce Sends 25 Opioid Bills to House Floor

Policy Snapshot
Opioids, Pain Management, Practitioners
May 10, 2018
This week, the House Energy & Commerce Committee passed 25 opioid related pieces of legislation to the floor of the House of Representatives. This was just the first of two mark-up hearings the committee will have on whether to send more than 50...

Predictors of Falls and Fractures Leading to Hospitalization in People With Dementia: A Representative Cohort Study

JAMDA
May 8, 2018
Investigate predictors of falls and fractures leading to hospitalization in a large cohort of people with dementia.

May 4, 2018

Weekly Roundup
May 8, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Spotlight: From Stressful to Successful: Webinar Promotes Win-Win Care Planning Talks An upcoming Society webinar, set for May 9, 2018, will highlight the importance of difficult end-of-life (EOL) conversations in...

“Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe”: Prioritizing Medications on the Prescription as an Unexplored Avenue Towards Optimizing Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

JAMDA
May 4, 2018
As clinicians practicing in the field of geriatric care, we are interested in the research perspectives that may help us to improve practices in terms of prescription, dispensing, administration, and follow-up of medications in elderly patients. In...

From Stressful to Successful: Webinar Promotes Win-Win Care Planning Talks

Spotlight
Hospice, Change of Condition, End-of-Life
May 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Think about having a difficult conversation with someone where they may get upset or angry. It makes you tense and anxious just thinking about it. An upcoming Society webinar is designed to ease this stress and...

CMS Release SNF PPS Proposed Rule

Policy Snapshot
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
May 3, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on April 27, 2018 to overhaul the payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The rule would update the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (...

HHS Begins New Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force

Policy Snapshot
Medication, Opioids, Pain Management, Practitioners
May 3, 2018
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week the appointment of 28 members to the new Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force was established to propose updates to best...

Comparative Effectiveness of Disease Management With Information Communication Technology for Preventing Hospitalization and Readmission in Adults With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

JAMDA
May 2, 2018
Critical appraisal of all available evidence regarding the role of noninvasive communication technology for improving patient survival and reducing hospital admissions in adults with chronic heart failure (HF).

Breaking Science in Antibiotic Stewardship

Podcasts
Skilled Nursing Care, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
May 2, 2018
This podcast features a roundtable discussion with University of Maryland Nurse Practitoner Doctoral candidates: Nadia Khan, MPH, BSN, RN, Lauren Meekins, RN, and Venessa Ohakam, NP. Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for PALTC Settings...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
May 1, 2018