Report: Frailty screening, care can improve care for older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 23, 2024
Checking for frailty and treating it should be top priorities when providing healthcare and health planning for older adults, according to a report published Aug. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
AI off-label tool can correctly exclude pathology in chest radiographs
Aug 20, 2024
The AI tool exhibited ≤1.1% critical misses at sensitivities of ≥95.4%.
Telehealth mindfulness programs ease chronic pain
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 21, 2024
A recent multisite randomized clinical trial appears to offer hope for people with chronic pain, including many older adults. The study, including 811 veterans, tested two mindfulness-based interventions...
Home health earns top scores in key quality reporting measures
By
Adam Healy
Aug 21, 2024
Home health achieved the best results in two quality measures: discharge to community and Medicare spending per beneficiary.
14th annual McKnight’s Tech Awards finalists announced
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 22, 2024
Names of the finalists in the 2024 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program were released late Wednesday by program organizers.
Scrolling through online videos only increases boredom: study
Aug 19, 2024
Bored residents? The time they spend zipping through online videos isn’t going to help, a new study shows.
Electric bandage shows promise in speeding up chronic wound healing
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Staff reports
Aug 16, 2024
Researchers have introduced a water-powered electric bandage designed to accelerate the healing process. This new technology, tested in animal models, showed a 30% improvement in healing speed compared...
Redefining the ROI of infrastructure upgrades in senior living communities
By
Mark Mochel
Aug 15, 2024
Data-driven decision-making has transformative power for the management of senior living communities.
MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy beneficial for essential tremor
Aug 05, 2024
Improvement was seen in the mean tremor/motor score from 17.4 to 6.4 at three months with the use of MR-guided, focused ultrasound thalamotomy.
Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...