A new nursing care protocol — that focuses on treating fever, hyperglycemia and dysphagia in the first 72 hours after a stroke — can reduce deaths and disability compared to standard stroke care, ...

Protocols and guidelines for medical and nursing practice and/or treatment are generally developed to target a clinical problem -- hypothermia in the delivery room or neonatal hypoglycemia -- which ...

(TNS) - In early December 2020 , every resident of a 120-bed nursing home in Delmar had been potentially exposed to COVID-19. Two staff members who worked with over a dozen residents at the Delmar ...

THOUSAND OAKS (CBSLA)-- Nursing facilities across the Southland have become hotspots for coronavirus outbreaks over the past several weeks. The surge in cases has prompted many facilities to use ...

Nurses cited a lack of training, personal discomfort, cultural factors, lack of time, the absence of protocols, and patient embarrassment as problems with care delivery. Anticancer treatments can have ...

A leading industry advocate is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the pandemic public health emergency (PHE) beyond Oct. 13 to help long-term care facilities remain fully ...

The following is an excerpt from an article published in FierceHealthcare's eBook "Systemwide Transformations that Improve Healthcare Quality and Efficiency." Download the eBook here to read more. In ...

It’s a wrap on RAPs. Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) will be eliminated under a new assessment regimen in development, an official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on ...

In recent years the federal government has aggressively investigated and prosecuted pharmaceutical companies and health care providers for possible violations of anti-fraud, anti-kickback and other ...