December 2025 Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Falls I’ve noticed a lot of concerns about falls over the last two months. I encourage facilities to have a written and formal fall program.…
November Medical director report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Innovage Program Skin Substitutes (beware!) – Proposed CMDA position statement DRAFT Based on a review of the literature and input from clinical experts, we have…
October Medical Director Report
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting CDPHE Update on ACIP Vaccine Recommendations CDPHE ACIP vaccine update 9-30-25 – docShepherd Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices September meeting The Centers for Disease Control…
September Medical Director Report 2025
Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Survey news PPE use for EBP In my inspections of facilities, I have noticed a trend toward reusing gowns, hanging them on doors for reuse,…
August 2025 Medical Director Report
Glargine Shortage Antibiotic Stewardship My pharmacy friends have told me that they have seen tags related to antibiotic stewardship. The tags seemed to primarily involve the long-term use of antibiotics…
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…