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How Case Managers Can Use Data to Improve Care Delivery
What good are data if they are not used? Many case management departments collect data and report trends, but the information is only as good as how the hospital uses it. The extra effort is worth it. Case managers and their departments who use data in meaningful ways experience better outcomes — but the decision to be resourceful often starts higher up. -
Hospitals Without Walls Transitions Reach New Level
As the pandemic continues, some healthcare facilities worldwide are providing acute care to patients in their homes. This is a necessity in places where the health systems have been overwhelmed. In other places, it is a way to provide care that might even be safer for certain medically stable patients. -
Gaps in Care Occur Between ICU and Acute Care Unit
Patients who received ICU care experience problems that need to be resolved before they are discharged. These can include delirium, debility, and dysphagia, researchers say. -
International Nursing Group Sounds Alarm Over Interrupted Nursing Pipeline
Emerging data and reports suggest long-term stress and burnout among nurses has escalated since the COVID-19 pandemic began — which might contribute to increasing numbers of nurses leaving the workforce. -
FBI Says ‘Conti’ Ransomware Affected 16 U.S. Healthcare and First Responder Networks
Cyberattacks have targeted 911 dispatchers, emergency medical services over the past year. -
HHS Expands Mental Health Services Access for Young Patients
Agency designates funding for existing program that promotes behavioral health integration into pediatric primary care using telehealth. -
Prophylaxis for Tuberculosis in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
In this observational study from an area with a high rate of endemic tuberculosis (TB), prophylactic treatment of TB was appropriate in those treated with high doses of prednisone and evidence of prior TB infection.
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Long-Term Effects of Cholinesterase Inhibitors on Cognitive Decline and Mortality
Cholinesterase inhibitors are one of the few drug classes approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This study shows a long-term benefit in slowing the decline of cognition, as measured by the Mini-Mental State Exam, but it is unclear if there is any benefit in quality of life.
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Genetic Biomarkers of Immunoglobulin Response in Patients with CIDP
Nearly 25% of patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) have a poor response to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. Variations in the PRF1 and FCGR2B genes in CIDP patients offer insights into the heterogenous treatment response.
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Association of Sleepwalking and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Men with Parkinson’s
In this retrospective, cross-sectional study of men, both sleepwalking and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder were associated with the development of Parkinson’s disease.