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Value-based care, tech, workforce issues among hot topics senior living experts dish on
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2024
Innovation, technology, affordable assisted living, dementia and memory care, value-based care and workforce issues were among the hot topics senior living experts discussed during a McKnight’s Senior...
Time from drug approval to reimbursement longer in US than some European countries
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Haymarket Media
Sep 03, 2024
France has highest reimbursement rate one month after approval, while U.S. and Germany had no drugs reimbursed at one month
Home-based dialysis gives patients, clinicians more treatment options, nephrologist says
By
Adam Healy
Aug 30, 2024
Facilities may be the traditional setting for dialysis, but emerging home-based treatments present an opportunity to rethink kidney care.
ChatGPT provides acceptable answers to half of patient urology questions
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Haymarket Media
Aug 29, 2024
Performance was better for easy versus difficult questions.
No spike in schizophrenia, other diagnoses among people with dementia after feds crack down on antipsychotic...
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2024
Federal policies designed to reduce use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes did not lead to clinically significantly higher rates of schizophrenia diagnoses among people living with dementia,...
Technology pilot study to focus on improving resident safety, employee well-being in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Improving resident safety and employee well-being in senior living communities and other long-term care residential settings through technology is the goal of research getting underway at the University...
Report: Frailty screening, care can improve care for older adults
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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.
Americans have mixed feelings about AI in healthcare, poll finds
Aug 22, 2024
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve healthcare, but many are still a little queasy over some of the implications of widespread AI use, a poll has found.
Home health earns top scores in key quality reporting measures
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Adam Healy
Aug 21, 2024
Home health achieved the best results in two quality measures: discharge to community and Medicare spending per beneficiary.