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Interconnecting Trends Reshape Assisted Living
Families want to be kept in the loop as assisted living staff struggle to navigate a resident’s treatment through the continually larger circle of providers and other parties involved in that care.
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Guiding Principles For COPD Treatment
COPD encompasses emphysema, chronic bronchitis, irreversible asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis. Cigarette smoking is the main cause of COPD, although air pollution and occupational dusts are also common causes.
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Design Gets Person-Centered Guidelines
A specialty subgroup of more than 40 volunteer industry experts was brought together as part of the 2014 cycle to update, improve, and create the new design guidelines for residential care communities.
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Workforce Fatigue Raises Concerns
Caregivers are needed 24/7/365 in some settings and at varied times and days in other settings. The different combinations of weekdays and shifts have the potential to create diverse levels of fatigue in the worker. In addition, the length of a shift can increase the likelihood of fatigue.
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Three Steps To Successful EHR Implementation
Partnering with these other health care organizations is one of the most significant reasons that providers should implement electronic health record (EHR) technologies that promote the interoperability of data.
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