This study investigates the transitions of community-dwelling patients with a proximal femoral fracture towards recovery of independence using multistate modeling. The prognostic value of factors affecting the short-term rate of recovery of...
Last week the independent nursing home commission established by an executive order from President Trump back in May and convened by the MITRE Corporation released its findings. The Commission called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Topic: Live Q&A: CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 (and twice a month through January 2021) Time: 4–5 PM ET Registration Link This live Q&A series is open to clinical...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks input on a draft measure for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program: Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalizations . Visit the Public Comments webpage...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) last week released two documents outlining the administration’s detailed strategy to deliver safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses to the American people as...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has kicked off its 2020-2021 flu season campaign with new resources to encourage people with Medicare or other CMS health care programs to get their flu shot. CMS encourages national and...
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed hospital systems and nursing homes, skilled home health care (HHC) has emerged as an increasingly attractive alternative for patients able to receive care at home. It might be easy...
Prior research in geriatric medicine has shown that the use of antipsychotic medications by older people can result in significant adverse effects and increased mortality. This article focuses on the implementation of a methodology created by the...
To determine the impact of an educational quality improvement initiative on the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing restricted to uncomplicated cystitis in older noncatheterized nursing home residents.
