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10/27/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | October 27
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- New guidance affirms providers’ right to reject religious exemptions for COVID vaccinations due to ‘undue hardship’
- ACIP Streamlines Pneumococcal Vaccine Recs — Also endorses recombinant zoster vaccine for immunocompromised adults
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Analgesic Use and Appropriateness in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Assessment of Cognitive Function in Patients After COVID-19 Infection
- Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant in a Nursing Home 28 weeks after two doses of mRNA anti-Covid-19 vaccines: evidence of a waning immunity
- Occupational versus community risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among employees of a long-term care facility: an observational study
- Study of mirtazapine for agitated behaviours in dementia (SYMBAD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Uncomfortable Truths — What Covid-19 Has Revealed about Chronic-Disease Care in America
- Assessment of Stimulant Use and Cardiovascular Event Risks Among Older Adults
- JAMDA: Use of a Telemedicine Team to Improve Guideline-Based Antibiotic Prescribing
- Reducing Sepsis Hospitalisations through a Standardized Quality Improvement Program in Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Post-pandemic challenges for all ages in an ageing society
- The Flawed Science of Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Immunity
Podcasts/Webinars
News/News Analysis
- Medical Directors Must Remain Innovative as Nursing Homes Treat Higher Acuity Patients
- AHCA, NCAL Send Letter to Federal Trade Commission on Staff Agency Price Gouging
- SNF staffing shortages may get ‘much worse’
- Sava, Signature Leaders Say Tech Investment is Crucial to Redesigning Long-Term Care
- HHS Invests over $560 million to Bolster Product Manufacturing to Increase Supply, Availability of COVID-19 Tests
- Statins have no effect on COVID-19 mortality, Johns Hopkins study finds