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Same-Day PALTC Physician Access Linked to Lower Hospitalization, ED Visit Rates

April 22, 2020
Press Release
Residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities with same-day physician access experienced lower hospitalization and emergency department (ED) visit rates than those with longer wait times, according to a study published in the April...

Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'

April 20, 2020
AMDA in the News
NPR Public Radio
COVID-19
In some parts of the U.S., the desperate need to slow the spread of the coronavirus is coming into conflict with the scramble to find more hospital beds. Nursing homes have been the sites of some of the earliest — and deadliest — outbreaks of COVID-...

AMDA Announces 2020 Choosing Wisely® Champion Winners

April 20, 2020
Press Release
Two clinical teams have been named 2020 Choosing Wisely ® Champions by AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The award honors individual clinicians and teams of clinicians who have gone above and beyond to make significant...

Feds Under Pressure to Publicly Track Nursing Home Outbreaks

April 16, 2020
AMDA in the News
Baltimore Edge Media Network
COVID-19
Federal health officials are coming under increasing pressure to start publicly tracking coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes amid criticism they have not been transparent about the scope of outbreaks across the country that have...

Simple Exercises Can Decrease Risk of Hospital-Associated Disabilities

April 14, 2020
Press Release
Hospitalization-associated disability (HAD), the loss of the ability to perform one or more basic activities of daily living (ADLs) independently at discharge, occurs in more than one-third of hospitalized older adults. HAD is associated with long-...

What’s in a primary diagnosis?

April 14, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Have you ever walked out of a restaurant after a filling meal with an empty feeling in your stomach? I have. It is the feeling one gets after eating sushi without wasabi, Korean food without kimchi, and Thai curry without hot chilis. While food...

AMDA announces 2020-2021 Board of Directors

April 8, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
COVID-19

Society Announces 2020-2021 Board of Directors

April 6, 2020
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine has elected its 2020-2021 Board of Directors. David A. Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, is President; Karl Steinberg, MD, HMCD, CMD, is President-Elect; and Suzanne Gillespie,...

AMDA’s Foundation Recognizes Top Leaders, Visionaries

April 3, 2020
Press Release
The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, an affiliate of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine, has announced the recipients of its three highest achievement awards: Medical Director of the Year, the...

Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes

April 1, 2020
AMDA in the News
Kaiser Health News
COVID-19
A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals need to clear out patients who no longer need acute care. But...