Measuring and improving the quality of home care

Published Date: 13 Mar 2023

This document outlines goals for improving the quality of care in nursing homes and provides recommendations to support these efforts.

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Here's Why Hematuria in a Young Patient Should Always Be Investigated

Terminology also makes a difference

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Without nutrition and eating disorder support, clinicians prescribing GLP-1s may miss undernutrition, muscle loss, and harmful restriction.

A high-dose eight-strain probiotic is linked to a decrease in the percentage of fecal primary bile acids among patients with bile acid malabsorption.

Recent studies of three medications or classes of drugs widely used among older Americans illustrate the problem.

Only replacing sitting with physical activity seems to help.

Bed rest and activity restriction are recommended in nearly half of US pregnancies, despite professional society guidance against routine use.

A hepatologist-surgeon collaboration for managing patients undergoing elective hepatobiliary procedures in a medical ward is feasible, with discharge within 72 hours occurring after most procedures.

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