Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
https://www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/antibiotic-tool.html
The Nose Knows Not: Poor Predictive Value of Stool Sample Odor for Detection of Clostridium difficile – PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571629/
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose | FDA
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-moderna-pfizer-biontech-bivalent-covid-19-vaccines-use
Many patients stop taking statins because of muscle pain, but statins aren’t causing it, new study says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/many-patients-stop-taking-statins-because-of-muscle-pain-but-statins-aren-t-causing-it-new-study-says/ar-AA11dygm?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=30ea0145d673b4953d75ece988d43a00
All After COVID Isn’t Long COVID
https://www.methodsman.com/blog/all-after-covid-isnt-long-covid?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=630402711f474d38aff13044&ss_email_id=630403b1d819c1736188f404&ss_campaign_name=All+After+COVID+Isn%27t+Long+COVID&ss_campaign_sent_date=2022-08-22T22%3A31%3A18Z
CMS Issues Further Clarification on Use of Telehealth During PHE | AMDA | The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
https://paltc.org/?q=publications/cms-issues-further-clarification-use-telehealth-during-phe
The Adult Vaccine Assessment Tool | CDC
https://www2.cdc.gov/nip/adultimmsched/?fbclid=IwAR1558bKqiDvR_YINXcv-tkLXug1DFhp4PvuH1Yp4sTZkH10SWBUWn-hUBo
Enhanced barrier Precautions
Recently, I sent you guidance from the CDC about using Enhanced Barrier Precautions for patients with drug resistant organisms, wounds, and indwelling catheters. This is an update to CDC guidance,…
Changes to CMS guidance for LTC
1. Make sure we are not diagnosing schizophrenia incorrectly. Essentially no one presents with schizophrenia over 60 y/o and certainly not if they also have dementia. 2. The F06 group…
Prudent prescriber: aricept review
I continue to not see any impressive data to prove that Aricept provides clinically significant help for those with dementia. This review outlines that opinion as well and summarizes several…