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Policy Snapshot
Advance Care Planning, Practitioners, Quality
October 7, 2016
Last week, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded at current levels through December 9. President Obama signed the legislation, averting a government shutdown. Both chambers are now in recess...

Your Family Is Waiting: Join Us at PALTC Medicine 2017

Spotlight
Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
October 7, 2016
Nearly every week, there are changes in health care. Payment reform is in the works and alternate payment models are popping up left and right. The best way to stay on top of all of this activity and connect with colleagues to share ideas, thoughts...

October 7, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Influenza, Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Practitioners, Quality
October 7, 2016

Inappropriate Fentanyl Prescribing Among Nursing Home Residents in the United States

JAMDA
October 6, 2016
We quantified transdermal fentanyl prescribing in elderly nursing home residents without prior opioid use or persistent pain, and the association of individual and facility traits with opioid-naïve prescribing.

Performance-Based Assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: Validation of the Sydney Test of Activities of Daily Living in Memory Disorders (STAM)

JAMDA
October 6, 2016
The distinction between dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) relies upon the evaluation of independence in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Self- and informant reports are prone to bias. Clinician-based performance tests are...

Nurse Assist Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of All Unexpired Lots of I.V. Flush Syringes

Clinical Alerts
Infections
October 4, 2016
Nurse Assist, Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of I.V. Flush Syringes due to a potential link to Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) bloodstream infections with the product. Please click here for more...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
October 1, 2016

General Information

JAMDA
October 1, 2016

Table of Contents

JAMDA
October 1, 2016

Editorial Board

JAMDA
October 1, 2016