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JAMDA
May 25, 2020
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JAMDA
June 18, 2019
Identifying Patient Readmissions: Are Our Data Sources Misleading?
The accuracy of data is vital to identifying hospitalization outcomes for clinical trials. Patient attrition and recall bias affects the validity of patient-reported outcomes, and the growing prevalence of Medicare Advantage (MA) could mean Fee-for-Service (FFS) claims are less reliable for ascertaining ho...
JAMDA
April 13, 2019
Developing a Brief Neuropsychological Battery for Early Diagnosis of Cognitive Impairment
Early diagnosis of cognitive impairment is increasingly emphasized in the literature to facilitate timely preventive interventions. Although bedside cognitive tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are widely used for such early diagnostic purposes, they may not have comparable performance ...
JAMDA
March 22, 2019
The Optimal Short Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Diagnosing Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
While various short variants of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) have been developed, they have not been compared among each other to determine the most optimal variant for routine use. This study evaluated the comparative performance of the short variants in identifying mild cognitive impairment o...
Practice Management Tools
Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates
Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-physician practitioners during the process of pronouncing an...
JAMDA
March 7, 2019
Identifying Factors That Predict the Prescription of Non–vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Older Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation
Factors that influence decision of non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) use among older atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in long-term care (LTC) facilities have not been well studied. The aim of this study was to assess whether increased frailty influenced physicians to prescribe NOACs ove...
JAMDA
January 20, 2022
Interprofessional Collaboration in Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review
To examine facilitators of and barriers to interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in institutional long-term care (LTC) and geriatric rehabilitation (GR), and to provide an overview of instruments used to assess IPC in LTC and GR.
JAMDA
October 20, 2021
Ability of 3 Frailty Measures to Predict Short-Term Outcomes in Older Patients Admitted for Post-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
To evaluate the ability of 3 commonly used frailty measures to predict short-term clinical outcomes in older patients admitted for post-acute inpatient rehabilitation.
JAMDA
August 23, 2021