The prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular related consequences remain high in African Americans (AA), despite treatment advances and evidence-based practice guidelines that have shown positive ...

A case study highlighting clinical and financial outcomes of an after-hours on-demand telemedicine intervention in a skilled nursing facility. Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are increasingly being ...

These cases offer a glimpse of the conflicts and lapses that have occurred in mixed nursing home populations. The facts set forth are included in state and federal inspection reports. The owners are ...

Family and patient mistrust of nursing home providers can create a barrier to care. A multidisciplinary team is needed to ...

Over the last decade, clinicians, scientists and the public have begun to realize precisely how connected sleep is to human health—discovering a relatively new area ripe for extensive research. “Sleep ...

A new study put flu guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the test to see how well it worked. It turns out, sticking to the clinical recommendations was most ...

In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced significant changes to the Staffing Five-Star domain, impacting how staffing adjustments are made in relation to resident acuity.

As these cases illustrate, a multitude of complications can occur after an aneurysm ruptures. The presence of these complications often prolongs the length of hospitalization (Brouwers, 1989; Urbaniak ...