Quality Summit Founders Vow To Advance Excellence in LTC: Campaign seeks to improve public trust, communication, and retention.
JOANNE KALDY
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Sorting Through Fax, Pharmacist Issues: Ask pharmacists to include necessary response times to make the task less overhwhelming.
DAVID BRECHTELSBAUER
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Communicating Across the LTC Continuum: The key to success of the quality initiative is in being open to new ways of working together.
DIANE L. DIXON
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Quality Summit Puts Premium on Staff Retention
JOANNE KALDY
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Memory Walk Steps Up AD Cause: Alzheimer's Association rolls out annual signature event to raise awareness and push for a cure.
PAMELA KUMAR
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Antiamyloid Drugs May Offer Hope for AD: Developmental treatments could make Alzheimer's a more manageable disease.
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
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Poor Physical Function Signals Dementia Onset: More challenging tasks could be affected earlier in the course of cognitive decline.
MARY ANN MOON
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Myths, Evidence About Employee Turnover
VIVIAN TELLIS-NAYAK
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Making the Rounds on Elderly Patients: It takes 10 minutes to complete eight assessments that the staff otherwise may not focus on.
CHRISTINA CHASE
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Liability Insurance Issues Still Vex Members: Despite modest reports of claims, survey finds 17% modified their practices due to concerns.
SUSAN M. PETTEY
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Higher-Dose Flu Vaccine Appears More Effective in Elderly
MARY ANN MOON
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A Few Beats Ahead: Medical Device Pioneers: Physician inventors tell how they turned their good ideas into great products.
Doug Brunk
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Largest Flu Vaccine Shipment Expected
John Bell
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Search Publications Simultaneously
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Data Watch: Average Claims Payments on Medical Malpractice, 2005
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Don't Miss These Events
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Committee Stays in High Gear for the Annual Symposium
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