Semaglutide reduces need for diuretics in heart failure
May 16, 2024
Medication also has a beneficial effect on the change in body weight across diuretic use categories.
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
By
Foster Stubbs
Adam Healy
May 16, 2024
Five current or previous McKnight’s Women of Distinction honorees shared recruiting and retention strategies in a panel discussion Tuesday.
Hurricane evacuations of assisted living residents raise risk of adverse outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
A study of more than 25,000 assisted living residents in Florida found that evacuation was associated with increased odds of emergency department use and nursing home placement within 30 days of a hurricane.
When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
High telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic was linked to more clinician encounters and ambulatory care–sensitive hospitalizations, per a JAMA Network Open study.
Risk assessments key to effective emergency preparedness plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Emergency preparedness should be top of mind for all senior living providers, but the topic also is most likely to be shuffled off to the side until tragedy strikes.
State bills aim to address senior living workforce, access, dementia issues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
As the nation’s population of older adults increases the demand for senior living and other forms of long-term care, states are stepping up to provide solutions and resources to address some hot topic...
After $423M IPO, PACS Group looks to grow
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2024
Fresh off an initial public offering yielding net proceeds of $423 million, PACS Group is looking for opportunities to expand, CEO Jason Murray said Tuesday during the Farmington, UT-based holding company’s...
American Healthcare REIT now owns 76 percent of Trilogy Health Services
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2024
American Healthcare REIT owns 76% of Trilogy Health Services as of April 15, AHR reported Tuesday during an earnings call.
Heatwave exposure linked to considerable mortality burden
May 14, 2024
Geographic disparities were seen in the temporal change of the heatwave-related mortality burden.
High telehealth use tied to increased healthcare utilization, cost
May 14, 2024
Areas of high telehealth use also had more ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations.