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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
2009 Newsletter
Tool: Nail Down Criteria for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Tool:
Nail Down Criteria for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus
Published on Sat Jun 20, 2009
Check out this chart in the AMDA guideline.
Other Articles in this issue of
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
CLINICAL CARE:
Keep Your Diabetes Care in the Best-Practice Zone
Get tips for managing insulin, lab testing, preventive care, and more. Diabetes mellitus can set [...]
WOUND CARE:
Coming to Wounds in Your Nursing Facility: Biofilms
Here's what you need to know to combat these 'armored' microorganisms. If your care team [...]
Tool:
Nail Down Criteria for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus
Check out this chart in the AMDA guideline.
TRENDS:
Gear Up Now for a Changing Post-Acute Landscape
These key developments could affect nursing home survival. Change is definitely afoot in the post-acute [...]
Trends:
Keep Your Eye on These 2 CMS Efforts
CMS eyeing P4P, avoidable rehospitalization. A CMS demonstration and project in play could have ramifications [...]
QUALITY OF CARE:
Dish Up Positive Outcomes With a Top-Notch Restorative Dining Program
Experts share inside tips for helping residents with eating. Looking for a way to improve [...]
MDS CORNER:
Reader Question: Know Who Can Sign at R2 and What Signing Means
Question: What legally speaking is the nurse who signs at R2a (signature of person coordinating [...]
MDS & CLINICAL NEWS
Ready for a new set of RUGs? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published [...]
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