AMDA In The News
July 22, 2024
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AMDA In The News
July 22, 2024
Study on Nursing Home Staff Types Shows Higher RN Presence Ups Antipsychotic Drug Use, Cuts Hospitalizations, ED Visits
The relationship between different nursing home staffing types and health outcomes is incredibly nuanced, and as operators grapple with optimizing the clinical workforce in the aftermath of the staffing mandate, researchers in the space say more study is needed to really understand the correlation between ...
AMDA In The News
July 18, 2024
JAMDA Highlights--Meet Adam: A robotic senior companion made to need less human help
Since human-facilitated robot activity is often impractical in resource-constrained nursing facilities, the authors of a new study in the July issue of JAMDA developed and implemented a novel robot control logic they termed the “Adam Program.” It acts as the brains for a programmable human-like robot produ...
AMDA In The News
July 11, 2024
Standing up for PALTC specialists
Nursing home medical directors, by federal regulation (Section 483.70 (h)), are responsible for coordinating the medical care of highly complex individuals who reside in these facilities. This critical role requires competencies in post-acute and long-term care medicine, expertise in geriatrics, and an und...
AMDA In The News
July 9, 2024
Nursing homes falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID
Nursing homes are falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID. Hear from AMDA President Rajeev Kumar and others on this topic.
AMDA In The News
July 2, 2024
The future of post-acute care, per 1 association leader
In 10 years, post-acute care will resemble the hospitals of today, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's. Hospital Review.
AMDA In The News
June 13, 2024
Value-based care could boost SNF reimbursement rates: Viewpoint
Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's in a recent interview
AMDA In The News
June 10, 2024
Federal health IT strategy must include senior living, coalition says
The federal government should integrate the needs and requirements of senior living and other long-term care providers into its health IT strategy to address the varying needs and complexities of the residents served in those settings, as well as demands for data-sharing across the entire healthcare contin...
AMDA In The News
April 26, 2024
Nursing homes may use international nurses to meet staff minimums
Nursing homes are considering hiring more internationally educated nurses to help meet new staffing minimums, though a long-term care staffing institute says incentives like higher pay are also needed. The nursing home staffing mandate, finalized by the Biden administration earlier this week, will require ...
AMDA In The News
April 25, 2024