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The 2023 Hospital and Nursing Home E/M Visit Coding Changes | AAFP

March 20, 2024 dashephe

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2023/0100/hospital-em-coding.html#:~:text=Straightforward%20visit%20(level%202%20in,99307%3A%20Nursing%20home%20(subsequent)

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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacological Interventions in Patients with Dementia-Related Agitation or Aggression: A Network Meta-Analysis

March 15, 2024 dashephe

https://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(24)00188-X/abstract

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Antibiotic Stewardship “Tag Busters” Learning Series: (Optional) Pre-Learning Session | Telligen QI Connect

March 7, 2024 dashephe

Antibiotic Stewardship “Tag Busters” Learning Series: (Optional) Pre-Learning Session | Telligen QI Connect Each session of this learning series will feature a new topic during which experts will share key…

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Med Director Report March 2024

March 7, 2024 dashephe

COVID Vaccine boosters for > 65 recommended by CDC. Special situation for people ages 65 years and older: People ages 65 years and older should receive 1 additional dose of…

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Changing Talk: Online Training (CHATO)

March 7, 2024 dashephe

https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-nursing/research/school-of-nursing-research/chato.html

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Seniors, Doctors at Odds on Opioid Risks and ‘Deprescribing’ | MedPage Today

March 7, 2024 dashephe

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UTI Information for LTC – Urine is NOT sterile

March 5, 2024 dashephe

The bladder is not sterile! (1) Many of us were taught that the bladder is a sterile environment, but this is not the case. There is a urobiome with commonly…

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Iron Every Other Day Instead of Daily Dosing

February 29, 2024 dashephe

Summary: Dosing iron every other day seems to be likely superior (but at least non-inferior) to daily dosing and reduces potential side effects from iron therapy. — DCS– Taking Iron…

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February 27, 2024 dashephe

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Public Health RSV update

February 21, 2024 dashephe

What’s Going Around: A Communicable Disease Report

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