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08/11/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | August 10
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- NIH: Updated COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
- MMWR: Interim Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine in Persons Aged ?18 years — United States, July 2022
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Excess mortality among assisted living residents with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
- JAMDA: Change in Advance Care Plans of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Pneumonia: Secondary Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial Data
- More than a fleeting conversation: managing medication communication across transitions of care
- Addressing Volatile Ethical Issues of Covid-19 with the Core Five Enduring Values List for Health Care Professionals
- Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape
Research Reports/White Papers
- HHS: National Research Action Plan on Long COVID
- HHS: Services and Supports for Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19
- AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture seeks respondents
Podcasts/Webinars
- Drive 2 Deprescribe: Optimizing Use of Anti-Epileptics and Anti-Seizure Medications, August 18, 2022, 4:30 PM ET
- JAMDA On-The-Go July 2022: Psychosocial Issues in Care of Older Persons
- Recording and slides for the July 28 session of More of a Good Thing, “Evidence-Based Strategies for Implementing Worksite Wellness in PALTC”
News/News Analysis
- New Omicron COVID Boosters Coming Soon: What to Know Now
- New at-home, saliva-based COVID test as effective as PCR in preliminary analysis
- Pandemic research uncovers new links between COVID and cognitive decline
- CMS reveals differing opinions on minimum staffing approach
- Medical groups urge Congress to reauthorize program to improve physician workforce shortage
- COVID: Reinfections account for 50,000 California cases this month. Here’s how that number is rising
- With Innovation, We Can Keep Reducing the Toll of COVID-19