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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

WITH PATIENT ACUITY levels rising in hospitals, it makes sense that the patients being discharged to SNFs are likewise increasingly complex. By some estimates, one in four patients discharged to a SNF are readmitted. “We developed our own program to follow patients into SNFs,” Mr. .

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Government. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Cunqueiro A, Durango A, Fein DM, et al.

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FDA to Require Breast Density Notification Amongst Other Updates to Mammography Regulations

FDA Law

The MQSA was passed to ensure, among other things, that nationwide, patients have access to quality mammography services. See Government Accountability Office, “ GAO-06-724 Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations ” (July 2006).

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Annals of IM. Tasce: Yes.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. And just going back to that patient, I’ll tell you, before I started this role, I would have probably looked at the handout box in our clinic and been like, oh, okay.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources. The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. Results of that work are expected this fall. Geier, meanwhile, is trying to gain access to a U.S.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.