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Quality Improvement: A Team Effort (Are YOU on the Team?) Zeroing in on Hospitalizations and Infections (C. diff)

Infections, C. difficile, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Quality, Improvement, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This session will explore the issues of safely reducing hospitalizations and infections, specifically Clostridium difficile (C. diff) using case studies. We'll walk through the Advancing Excellence Circle of Success (a quality improvement model) and...

Updates on Common Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC)

Infections, C. difficile, Infection Prevention/Control, Pneumonia
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Caring for older adults with suspected infections presents challenges for post-acute/long-term care (PALTC) providers. This session will provide an update on management of positive urine cultures, pneumonia and C. difficile infections in PALTC...

Breaking the Cycle of C. difficile

Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, C. difficile, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Since Clostridum difficile ( C. difficile) infection has been shown to be a marker of debility and death in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) residents, it is critical that the treatment team develop an understanding of the scope of the problem...

AMDA Adds 5 Guidelines to Choosing Wisely Campaign

March 20, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Infections, C. difficile, Urinary Incontinence
AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has released five additional medical tests and procedures that may be of questionable value to older Americans. The recommendations are issued to encourage discussion among physicians,...

LTC Advise Against Incontinence Catheters

March 22, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Infections, C. difficile, Urinary Incontinence
AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) is advising long-term caregivers against using indwelling urinary catheters to manage urinary incontinence — one of five common practices or tests that lack scientific evidence to...

AMDA Releases Second Round of Potentially Unnecessary Medical Tests, Procedures a s Part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely ® Campaig

March 20, 2015
Press Release
Nutrition, Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Diabetes, End-of-Life, Infections, C. difficile, Medication, Antipsychotics, Insulin, Quality, Transitions of Care, Urinary Incontinence
Louisville, KY – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has partnered with the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® campaign to encourage discussions among physicians, patients, and other health care stakeholders about...

AMDA Honors Top Physicians During 2015 Annual Conference

April 14, 2015
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Hospice, Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, C. difficile, Practitioners, Medical Director, Quality, Improvement
Columbia, MD – AMDA —The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the AMDA Foundation announced its top award winners during AMDA’s 2015 Annual Conference held in Louisville, KY, last month. The 2015 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY...

CDC Releases Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes

September 15, 2015
Press Release
Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, C. difficile
Columbia, MD – Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes , new recommendations aimed at improving prescribing practices and reduced consequences of antibiotic-...