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March 2026 – Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Survey updates COVID / Influenza / RSV update Pneumonia Vaccination Recommendation I continue to recommend PCV 21 for pneumonia vaccinations. There are some pharmacies that…
Gabapentin for Pain:
Things We Do for No Reason: Prescribing gabapentinoids for pain Journal of Hospital Medicine: Things We Do for No Reason- Full Article What are gabapentinoids? The evidence against routine use:…
February Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Falls: Special Focus for Surveyors Regulatory Updates Vaccination Documentation COVID/Influenza/RSV Tapering Antidepressants: What Strategy Works Best? For adults with remitted depression, gradual tapering of antidepressant…
January 2026 Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Physician Visits Regulations Facility Assessment COVID & Influenza Pharmacy Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Could Affect 80% of Nursing Home Residents – Skilled Nursing News An…
2025 GOLD Report – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease – GOLD
2025 GOLD Guidelines can be foud here — > https://goldcopd.org/2025-gold-report/ Oral Steroids is no longer recommended from long term chronic treatment of COPD. GOLD-2025-Report-v1.0-15Nov2024_WMV.pdf Evidence suggesting that oral corticosteroids increase…
AHA/ACC 2022 HF Guidelines
2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Heart Failure Guideline: Key Perspectives – American College of Cardiology HFpEF LVEF > 50% HFrEF LVEF <40% Drugs: #458 Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction – The Curbsiders…
Restless Legs Syndrome: New guideline provides treatment recommendations for RLS
Evaluate for and treat underlying conditions that can exacerbate RLS • Iron Deficiency • OSA, PLMS • CKD, ESRD • Alcohol, caffeine, antihistaminergic, serotonergic, antidopaminergic medications • Diabetes, COPD •…
Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-076268
Don’t Lose Your Head: Altered Mental Status (AMS) and UTI
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Fifteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care:
Choosing Wisely | AMDA (paltc.org)
Alzheimer’s Hope – Making Life Better TODAY
Meet all dementia patients where THEY are. You cannot reason with an illogical person who has dementia. https://www.alzheimershope.com/10absolutes/six.php
Lecture: UTI or ASB?
Washington State Dept of Health Antimicrobial Stewardship of UTI in the LTC Setting. UTI lecture #1 Slides Washington State Dept of Health Debunking the Myths Associated with UTI Lecture Video…
Facility Reported Incidents
facility reportable incidents 2024Download PAST NON COMPLIANCE 2023 - QILDownload
Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03852
Things We Do for No Reason™: Prescribing gabapentinoids for pain – Patel – Journal of Hospital Medicine – Wiley Online Library
https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70286?prg140729=f1335091-5cc4-4924-ae9e-e059f7bc10a7
Things We Do for No Reason™: Prescribing gabapentinoids for pain
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What Do the New VCID Guidelines Mean for Clinical Practice?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/what-do-new-vcid-guidelines-mean-clinical-practice-2026a10001ar?ecd=mkm_ret_260218_mscpmrk_neuro_dementia_etid8112303&uac=400669MN&impID=8112303