Starting in February 2023, by October 2023 the code status of patients will be easily identifiable in the electronic medical record across our practice in the post-acute, long-term care, and assisted living setting. With our almost 4,000 patients...
Purpose of this quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) initiative was to reduce antibiotics in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) through the use of PCT.
Phase I of this quality improvement demonstration aimed to evaluate the impact of academic-practice partnerships to enhance geriatric nursing education and accelerate workforce readiness, and integration of Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) to...
Patients receiving long-term care (LTC) services are at higher risk for social determinants of health (SODH) disparities. Strategic public-private partnerships (P3) facilitate collaborations to reduce health inequities. As the largest integrated...
Engage skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in a Learning Collaborative to reduce risks of polypharmacy and inappropriate medications. The project aimed to reduce use of the targeted medications by 15% among long-term care residents.
This study presents a pioneering approach aimed at facilitating timely access to monoclonal antibodies for LTC facilities through a unique partnership between a state health department and a private mobile healthcare provider. The primary goal was...
Hypercalcemia is a common clinical problem symptoms vary on severity and may not immediately point to its etiology, it requires laboratory testing and patient examination. This approach, fails to emphasize the importance of obtaining an accurate...
Ethical dilemmas often occur in the practice of medicine. Practitioners in extended and long-term care facilities are often driven to these settings by their desire to improve quality of life and to alleviate suffering for frail older adults. There...
Outbreaks of diarrheal illnesses are common among elderly residents of senior living community. Usually these are related to viral illnesses, food-borne illnesses, or medications. We report an unusual occurrence of Giardia as a cause of diarrhea in...
