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One of the challenges to providing hospice care in a nursing home is identifying all of the regulations that govern each organization and, in some cases, might conflict with each other.
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Recognizing that patients who don't take medication for chronic conditions as prescribed are more likely to have poor control over their independence, Blue Cross has launched a program to coach people on medication adherence.
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Now is a good time to be a case manager, leaders in the field report. New opportunities are opening up for case managers as the country struggles with ways to provide optimal health care for everyone while minimizing soaring costs for care.
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Ensuring employee safety requires more than a set of policies and procedures.
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This is the second of a two-part article that discusses the safety of home health employees. Last month, we looked at the types of workplace hazards home health employees face in patients' homes. This month, we look at how improving employee safety can affect recruitment and retention of employees and specific actions to take when an employee reports an unsafe situation.
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After 1 year, fewer than half of patients presenting with fatigue will have a diagnosis.
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Losartan 150 mg/day reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, intolerance to ACE inhibitors, and the rate of death and/or hospital admission for heart failure in patients with CHF more than did losartan 50 mg/day, thereby demonstrating the potential value of uptitrating ARB doses to confer clinical benefit.
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The FDA has approved tranexamic acid, an antifibrinolytic drug, for the treatment of cyclic heavy menstrual bleeding.