With a growing national focus on antibiotic stewardship, facilities and practitioners are scrambling for tools and resources to help reduce the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics and implement policies that will produce long-term results...
Frailty increases the risk of death and disability in elderly individuals who have type 2 diabetes mellitus, even more than comorbidities such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, according to a study in Getafe, Spain.
The bulls of the U.S. health care market (hospitals and payers, heavyweights in influencing national health care policy) have entered the fragile ecosystem of the post-acute care china shop to reform the care of vulnerable older adults. These...
Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine have determined that, among older patients with diabetes, frailty and sarcopenia are predictors for hospitalization and new disabilities.
This month, practitioners in post-acute and long-term care medicine have an unusual and important opportunity to help shape the body of knowledge for this unique field by responding to a pair of job task surveys, one for medical directors and the...
The “Virtuous Cycle,” as it applies to the modern mega-academic health science center, represents the circular synergism of medical education, research, and patient care. The mission of the Association of Academic Health Centers — an advocacy...
The phrase “first do no harm” (in Latin, primum non nocere) is fundamental to the ethics of medical treatment in the Western world and has endured for approximately 2,500 years. It is attributed to Hippocrates, who wrote that “The physician must...
Antidepressants from classes other than tricyclics (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) did not appear to reduce the risk for falls, according to results of the Zoledronic acid in frail Elders to STrengthen bone (ZEST) study.
Sepsis is a medical emergency that begins outside of the hospital in 79% of cases. In addition, 72% of patients with sepsis had recently used health care services or had chronic diseases that required frequent medical care.
