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Researchers Evaluate Infection Control Challenges During an RSV Outbreak in a Cognitively Impaired Population

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1 Image credit: jarun011 | stock.adobe.com RSV in Vulnerable Patient Populations According to the CDC, RSV can be severe for older adults, adults with certain medical conditions, adults who are elderly or frail, or adults who live in a nursing home.

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132 patient safety experts to know | 2025

Beckers Hospital Review

His work also includes advancing health equity through chronic disease management, resulting in the elimination of racial disparities in diabetes control. He helped launch MedSleuth’s “BREEZE Transplant” platform to improve transplant readiness and co-led a national educational initiative with the American Diabetes Association.

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207 community hospital presidents and CEOs to know | 2025

Beckers Hospital Review

Allen oversees Share Medical Center, which consists of a 25-bed critical access center, two rural health clinics, one outreach clinic, an 80-bed nursing home and The Homestead, a 52-unit independent living center. He is also an American College of Healthcare Executives fellow and a licensed nursing home administrator.

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Bring point of care testing to the community for a preventative, cost effective, Net Zero NHS

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Portable point-of-care test kits can even be brought into nursing homes and patients’ own homes, to enable timely treatment of the frail and critically ill, where the risk of infection is lower. For example, there is estimated to be a million people in the UK who do not know that they have diabetes.

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Try Answering These 6 Family Medicine Sample Questions

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

He is a type 2 diabetic and is not always compliant with his medications. She has a family history of hypertension and diabetes. He has a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and congestive heart failure. He lives in a nursing home. Good luck! and O2 Sat 99% on RA.

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Chronic Care Management (CCM): Revolutionizing U.S. Healthcare in 2025

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It involves coordinated care and patient education from healthcare providers to help individuals effectively manage conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. This proactive approach lowers hospital, emergency department, and nursing home expenses.

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A Program For Achieving Readmission Reduction. One Patient At A Time.

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All that’s needed to add Impact ® to a Meds To Beds program is an onsite clinical pharmacist and virtual team of nursing care coordinators. The Impact ® program was originally designed to serve patients living at home and/or using home health support.