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Infection prevention in senior living facilities has come a long way since the onset of COVID-19, but significant risks remain.…
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New York City-based Maimonides Health cut unnecessary readmissions and hospital bed days with an acute care at home program. Maimonides Health launched a partnership with myLaurel, a home-based acute and transitional care company, in May 2025 to improve care delivery…
NewYork-Presbyterian and Spear will open nine outpatient physical therapy locations across New York City and Westchester County this year. Four of the new sites will be in Queens, three in Manhattan, one in Brooklyn and one in Rye Brook, N.Y.,…
Vierra Falls Church (Va.) Health & Rehab named Tahir A. Shaikh, DO, medical director, Citybiz reported Sept. 15. In this role, Dr. Shaikh will be one of the 160-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center’s rounding attending physicians and oversee medical…
In recognition of National Assisted Living Week, from Sept. 14-19, the National Center for Assisted Living released statistics on the current state of the industry in a Sept. 13 news release shared with Becker’s. Here is what to know. 1.…
Phoenix-based Banner Alzheimer’s Institute CEO Eric Reiman, MD, is stepping down effective Oct. 1. Under his leadership as founding CEO, the institute has become an internationally recognized center of excellence and advanced prevention research, according to a Sept. 10 system…
Post Falls-based Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital will cease to be a long-term acute care hospital in October and merge with a local inpatient medical rehabilitation facility, the Spokane Journal of Business reported Sept. 10. The operational change comes as…
Patients 70 years and older make up 13% of lung transplant recipients worldwide, up from 1% in 2004, a recent study presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2026 found. The research, led by Christian Benden, MD, MBA, director of…
CMS’s new risk-based survey process for skilled nursing facilities launched nationwide Sept. 8 CMS estimated that 1,560 nursing homes, or 12% of facilities, qualify for the new process and higher-performing designation. To qualify, a nursing home must meet several criteria…
Post Falls, Idaho-based Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest has expanded from 30 beds to 70. The expansion comes after an increasing number of patient referrals that the hospital had limited capacity to accommodate, according to an Aug. 20 hospital news…
For years, LeanTaaS has helped hospitals move patients through the building faster. Its new acquisition is meant to solve what can get in their way from leaving for the next part of their care. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company announced…