July 2025 Medical Director Report
MDS Most of you know this but…. Wounds that were obtained in the hospital do not affect our quality measures initially. However, after 100 days, the wound will count against…
May 2025 Medical Director Report
Summary of Citations from 2024 Measles Clinical Quicksheet from CDPHE Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings | Infection Control | CDC Recommendations for Measles in…
Medical Director Report April 2025
Psychotropics and Chemical Restraints Ftag 605 Ensure that we are following a good process for recognizing behaviors, evaluating them, documenting them, and attempting non-pharm interventions. Always ask, “Is this for…
March 2025 Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak LTC Ethics Committee Does Tamiflu Really Help? Evaluation of Oseltamivir Used to Prevent Hospitalization in Outpatients With Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology…
Medical Director Report – January 2025
Influenza and COVID COVID-19 Avian Influenza – Influenza H5N1 This strain of influenza has multiple subtypes (H5N1, H5N3, H5N8 etc…) and primarily infects domestic and wild birds but can also…
October Medical Director Report 2024
Dementia Education JOANNA FROM COLORADO SPRINGSSHE HAS EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’SListen to Joanna, a PAC Core Team Member who is living with dementia, share her response to a recentadvertisement for an…
September Med Director Report
CDPHE Update on TB There has been some confusion about TB testing and yearly risk assessments, so I wanted to relay my understanding of the guidance. Bilateral LE Cellulitis is…
August 2024 Medical Director Report
CDPHE Citations Virus and Vaccine Update: Influenza Vaccines – RSV Vaccine Update – Avian Influenza H5N1 – New pnemococcal Vaccine – Capvaxive (PCV-21) is a new vaccine that might be…
June 2024 Medical Director Report
The Use of Visceral Proteins as Nutrition Markers: An ASPEN Position Paper – PubMed (nih.gov) “These proteins correlate well with patients’ risk for adverse outcomes rather than with protein-energy malnutrition.…
May Medical Director’s Report
Ethics Committee Call The El Paso County Ethics Committee meets monthly on the first Friday of each month at noon. We meet virtually and also hold an in person meeting…