MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We were so attuned to following the regulations to keep everyone safe. We didn’t predict the lasting consequences we would be left with, especially for patients with dementia,” says Amita R. Patel, MD, CMD, MHA,...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, is honored to be 2021-2022 AMDA president. While he looks forward to leading the organization in a post-pandemic world, he is aware that new challenges await as the pandemic winds down. He...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Telemedicine has been around for decades,” says Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, FACP, MPH. However, it flew under the radar for many facilities and practitioners for years, and there was little financial incentive to...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI] are core elements of our work environment. Mastering these principles is important for health care teams and for building a positive work environment,” says Mamata Yanamadala...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Innovation has become a staple of daily life during the pandemic. In post-acute and long-term care, practitioners and others have had to consider how to work, communicate, interact, document, help, support, and...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join What does it mean to be an inclusive leader? To start, it means creating a culture in which all people are treated fairly, respectfully, and have equal access to opportunities and resources so they can contribute...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With a new year comes new opportunities. Among them is an addition to the AMDA On-The-Go podcast family that lets you ‘listen’ to the latest issue of Caring for the Ages , AMDA’s popular news magazine. The...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It may be hard to imagine taking time in the midst of a crisis to assess how you’re doing. However, The New Jewish Home, with several locations in New York, did just that during the COVID-19 pandemic; what they...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join There’s been a lot of talk in recent months about the importance of effective communication with patients and families. Having difficult conversations can be particularly challenging for practitioners, despite...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Medical director agreements are critical to establishing obligations and boundaries between the provider and the physician leader. Yet too often the two go into the arrangement with different expectations...
