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04/20/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | April 20
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Defining the Role and Value of Physicians Who Primarily Practice in Nursing Homes: Perspectives of Nursing Home Physicians
- Identification of Drug Interaction Adverse Events in Patients With COVID-19
- Reported exposure trends among healthcare personnel COVID-19 cases, USA, March 2020–March 2021
- Symptom prevalence, duration, and risk of hospital admission in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 during periods of omicron and delta variant dominance: a prospective observational study from the ZOE COVID Study
- Accelerated biological aging in COVID-19 patients
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care: An Evidence-Based Solution, April 20, 2022, 7:00 PM ET
- TOMORROW: Drive to Deprescribe Check-In Meeting, April 21, 2022, 4:00 PM ET
- TOMORROW: COVID Grand Rounds: To Boost Again or Not? April 21, 2022, 6:00 PM ET
- More of a Good Thing: A Framework to Grow and Strengthen the PALTC Workforce, April 28, 2022, 4:00 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- To boost or not to boost: that is the question
- New Sub-Variants of Omicron Detected: What to Know About BA.4 and BA.5
- HHS Distributing $1.75 Billion in Provider Relief Fund Payments to Health Care Providers Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID-19 booster compliance among long-term care workers remains low
- Senior Living’s Talent Pool is Shrinking. These Strategies Could Help Widen It
- Bring in religious leaders to increase nursing home accountability, experts urge CMS
- FDA authorizes first Covid-19 breath test
- CMS Works to Further Reduce Inappropriate Medication Use in Nursing Homes as Part of Biden Reforms