A 200-bed nursing home in Chicago was the recipient of an enhanced clinical management approach that contributed to relatively low mortality rates during an outbreak among high-risk residents, the doctors say. The new process is meant to be adopted by other facilities.
The update includes 19 recommendations in six key areas of asthma diagnosis, management and treatment. Several new features aim to help clinicians put the recommendations into practice, and the stepwise treatment tables have been refreshed.
Documents released on Wednesday show that the agency’s staff members already are enthusiastic about the drug’s prospects. If approved, aducanumab could be the first drug on the market to slow Alzheimer’s progression.
Participants who started dopamine replacement therapy earlier had no difference in motor scores after two years when compared with those who started treatment later.
The comprehensive guidelines are posted in a “living document” that will be updated as new information and evidence emerges, the agency announced Tuesday.
While most adults will recover without needing special treatment, chronic disease puts millions at high risk of poor outcomes, say researchers.
Women with a diagnosis of diabetes are at a much higher risk for heart failure than are men, a new study has shown.
Windsor, a California-based long-term care organization, recently selected the COMS Interactive (Clinical Outcomes Management System) Daylight IQ™ product suite to complement its disease management program.
