Best practice guidelines recommend that patients follow up with their primary care provider (PCP) within 1-2 weeks after discharge (DC) from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). In a local safe transitions initiative with 25 SNFs, PCP appointment...
Misconceptions and myths exist around palliative care due to inaccurate knowledge and/or negative beliefs among the general population. These misconceptions may inhibit integration of palliative care for eligible patients in skilled nursing home (...
The symptom of dizziness reflects a variety of sensations related to disturbances of the individual's sense of equilibrium, which have variously been described or subclassified by terms such as vertigo, presyncope, disequilibrium, wooziness,...
Integrated care has been proposed as a solution for caring for an aging population with limited health- and social-care resources. Many of these policies have tried to reduce delayed discharges, including the High Impact Change Model (HICM). This...
Although antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) are now required in nursing homes (NHs), assimilating and responding to data to improve prescribing in nursing homes is novel. Four Atlanta-based skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) began collaborating (...
Electrocardiograms (EKGs) are a well-known diagnostic medical tool. At Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Centers (PALTCs), residents get EKGs ordered for many urgent and non-urgent clinical indications. There are no studies so far to demonstrate EKG...
