The sustained stress and trauma experienced by frontline nursing home (NH) staff throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been described in health care literature and popular press. Yet, limited attention has been given to attempts to support NH staff. The objective of this study was to examine efforts to supp...
Evaluating pain in individuals with dementia can be difficult when verbal communication is limited. Vocalization has emerged as a potential avenue for assessments of pain in nonverbal populations. This study aimed to evaluate if physiological assessments of vocalization were correlated with observational a...
Physical inactivity in hospitals is common and is associated with poor patient and clinical outcomes. This review was undertaken to identify and describe the effectiveness of interventions implemented at the ward or system level for improving physical activity and reducing functional decline in general med...
Health care institutions play an essential role in community resilience. As one of the largest health care systems in the United States, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) plays a critical role in supporting medically vulnerable Veterans during disasters. Disasters require large-scale outreach to ind...
Last week, the Society joined the LTPAC HIT Collaborative in submitting comments on the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Strategic Plan. In March 2024, ONC released the Draft 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. The previous strategic plan promoted a modern health IT infrastructure and drove...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added new 2022 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information for doctors, clinicians, groups, virtual groups, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to the clinician and group profile pages on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provide...
A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlights safety findings for two respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2023 for adults 60 years of age and older.