Protecting Long-Term Care Residents from Sepsis
The intensive testing and monitoring needed to diagnose and treat residents who are suspected to have sepsis can be difficult to implement in LTC settings.
Backup Generators Fail at California Hospital during Blackouts
Parts of a major South Bay hospital went without power for close to four hours on Tuesday, leaving patients, healthcare workers, and doctors in the…
CDC Program Expands Free COVID-19 Testing to Assisted Living, SNFs, and ICFs
Skilled Nursing Facilities, intermediate care facilities (ICFs) and assisted living centers can access free COVID-19 testing for staff and residents through December 31, 2022.
Certain Philips Respironics Masks for BiPAP, CPAP Machines Recalled Due to Safety Issue
The US Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers that Philips Respironics (Philips) has recalled certain masks used with bilevel positive…
Patients impacted by CNY data breach file lawsuit against medical billing company
A class action lawsuit has been filed against medical billing company Practice Resources, LLC, after the personal information of 924,138 patients of Syracuse area hospitals…
Mixed-methods analysis of telehealth implementation in nursing homes amidst COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nursing homes to adapt new models of care in response to the evolving crisis including rapid implementation of telehealth services.…
Nurse Charged over Failure to Properly Respond to Medication Error
A nurse has been charged with causing serious physical and mental harm to a vulnerable adult, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Beverly Ann Bratcher,…
South Florida Federal Judge Orders Prison Time for Former Pharmatech CEO
A former owner and CEO of a Broward County drug manufacturing company who lied to the FDA and allowed contaminated products to make their way…
Jury Finds Former Ohio Nursing Home Employee not Guilty in Abuse Trial
A Marion County jury returned a not guilty verdict on all charges levied against a woman accused in a nursing home abuse case that went…
One Dead in Accidental Poisoning at California Nursing Home
Three residents of an assisted living facility were mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice and one has since passed away, KRON4 has learned.