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Following Seniors After Discharge Slashes Readmission Rates
Readmission rates dropped from 19.9% to 13.5% when Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas launched a program to follow up with elderly patients hospitalized with pneumonia, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Emergency Department Is Tailor-made to Meet the Needs of Older Patients
At St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, MI, patients 65 or older are treated in an ED staffed by clinicians with geriatric training, and equipped with non-skid floors, pressure-reducing mattresses, and tools to help with impaired hearing and low vision.
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A Few Extra Minutes With Seniors May Help Avoid a Readmission
Preparing older patients to manage when they are discharged to home is a process that takes time and patience.
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Regular Interventions May Not Work With Senior Citizens
Remember that elderly patients have accomplished a lot. They’ve worked their entire lives, raised families, and made contributions to society. Case managers should show them the respect they deserve, experts say.
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Get Ready for the Next Wave of Patients: Aging Baby Boomers
The baby boomer population is growing older and the healthcare system must adjust to accommodate their needs and reactions, which are different from those of younger patients.
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Rapid Test for Emerging C. auris Under Development
If the test is validated in this larger trial, it will enable hospitals to rapidly identify C. auris in patients or the hospital environment.
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CDC: Clinicians Should Be Vigilant in Watching for Post-hurricane Infections
The period of increased risk could run through March 2018 if the current pace of restoration efforts continues.
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APIC to CDC: Need for Legionella Guidance
In light of numerous Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the last few years, the CDC has asked clinicians in the field what should be emphasized in revised guidance to reduce the growth and transmission of Legionella spp. in healthcare water systems.
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Heater-cooler Infections Linked to Tap Water
Heater-cooler devices used in cardiac surgery continue to be implicated in patient infections, and the take-home lesson from one recently reported outbreak is use only sterile water in the units.
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Vaccine Rash Confounds Investigation of Measles Outbreak
A disease once declared eradicated in the U.S. exploded after Somali families in Minnesota chose to not vaccinate their children.