Patients with chronic heart failure warrant noninvasive monitoring with communication technology apps vs. invasive implant-based telemonitoring, a New York study concluded.
A new scoping review found limited research into understanding and addressing frailty in post-acute care (PAC). The review suggested more investigation is needed to build on mixed results from intervention studies, and the investigators have...
I recently had the privilege of exhibiting for Pioneer Network at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, as well as presenting a session, “Pioneer Network: Helping You Find the Processes to Support Your...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — In a world where there is a shortage of practitioners and specialists, as well as tight budgets and growing pressure to keep patients out of the hospital, telemedicine increasingly is a promising tool to enable quality, cost-...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — A variety of tools may be used to help screen for polypharmacy and implement evidence-based deprescribing practices in the post-acute and long-term care setting. At AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Participants in a survey conducted in 2017 at AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference said they were likely to strongly agree that deprescribing can improve residents’ quality of life and...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The field of post-acute and long-term care is “at the edge of a transformational cliff,” keynote speaker Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR, president and chief executive officer of the Special Needs Plans Alliance, told her audience at...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — In her address at the Friday morning General Session at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, Society Immediate Past President Heidi White, MD, CMD, welcomed new members and stressed...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Physical therapist Allison Gustavson, PT, DPT, set out to determine the functional profile of a typical heterogeneous skilled nursing facility population and found that most patients are being discharged back to the community with...
A divided Louisiana Senate voted 27-10 to back a state operating budget of more than $28 billion that would make steep cuts across state government to protect health programs for the elderly and disabled. The budget approved on May 15 will protect...
