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ECRI Strategies

02/07/2022

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

Root cause analysis helps fulfill federal quality assurance and performance improvement requirements for skilled nursing facilities and similar state requirements that are increasingly present for other settings on the aging services...

Root cause analysis helps...

02/07/2022

Annals of Long-Term Care

AGS Viewpoint

AGS Releases New and Updated Resources for Clinicians and the Public

02/07/2022

American Geriatrics Society

These tools from AGS address new medication approvals, offer advice regarding the latest Centers for Disease and Prevention Guidelines, supply clinical checklists, discuss ways to avoid burnout among staff, and more.

These tools from AGS address new...

02/07/2022

Annals of Long-Term Care

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Utilizing Available Resources and Data to Improve Care for Older Adults

02/07/2022

To meet the needs of an exponentially growing older adult population, we must be vigilant about new information and research, sharing successes and failures to learn and improve patient care.

To meet the needs of an...

02/07/2022

Annals of Long-Term Care

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Quality Improvement

Building a Statewide Task Force to Address Antipsychotic Drug Use in Older Adults

09/10/2021

Sandra Fitzler, BSN

Emily Patry, MS

Rebekah Gardner, MD

Alyssa J. DaCunha, MPH

Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH

Researchers used a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement approach, and convened a task force of experts from health care and pharmacy settings as well as academic, state government, and advocacy groups to explore contributing factors...

Researchers used a Quality...

09/10/2021

Annals of Long-Term Care

Perspectives

COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Homes: Managing Symptoms and End-of-Life Care

06/28/2021

Giulia-Anna Perri, MD, CCFP, COE, PC

Patrick Quail, MD, FCFP, CMD

Nadia Incardona, MD, MHSc, CCFP, EM

Leah Steinberg, MD, CCFP

Houman Khosravani, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Long-term care homes (LTCHs) require a framework for symptom management of patients with COVID-19, including palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care. In this article, authors propose a framework with considerations for respiratory symptom...

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