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Articles Tagged With: interventions

  • Telehealth Intervention Provides Solutions for Era of Social Distancing

    A recent study revealed how healthcare organizations can design a telehealth pilot program for elderly and at-risk populations with long-term health conditions. Researchers found that using the Model for Developing Complex Interventions in Nursing, healthcare providers could design a multifaceted telehealth intervention to minimize reinstitutionalization of people with multiple chronic conditions.

  • Mindfulness Interventions for ADHD: Neurobiologic Antidote?

    The current standard of care consists of behavioral interventions and stimulant medication; however, symptoms often are recalcitrant to these therapies and medication treatment has significant potential for undesirable effects. Functional neuroimaging studies support the premise that functional connectivity abnormalities in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder brains may be targeted directly and improved by mindfulness and meditation interventions.

  • Infectious Disease Alert Updates

    Step-Wise Interventions for Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in Critical Care

    Antimicrobial stewardship is the responsibility of everyone involved in the care of critically ill and hospitalized patients. This review discusses some of the key principles and practices of successful antimicrobial stewardship programs, particularly as they relate to critical care.

  • One-Size-Fits-All Limits on Opioids Are Ethically Problematic

    The current opioid crisis generated immediate actions at many levels; regulatory requirements were implemented quickly. However, some of these placed seemingly arbitrary limits on prescribing, even for painful surgical procedures.

  • Predictors of Response to a Specific Psychological Treatment in Chronic Low-Back Pain

    A theoretical model employed to predict response to either mindfulness meditation, cognitive therapy, or mindfulness-based therapy in patients with chronic low-back pain showed evidence that this type of model may be useful in determining which patients are most likely to benefit from a specified intervention.

  • HIV Prevention Strategies in Africa

    Several strategies have proven effective in reducing transmission of HIV, including access to confidential testing and counseling, early introduction of HIV medications, and male circumcision. Three new studies show what actually affects the spread of HIV in populations, and results vary between different African settings.

  • Is Sanitizer Better Than Soap?

    In day care settings, the implementation of hand hygiene programs reduced respiratory illness, absenteeism, and antibiotic use in children 0 to 3 years of age. Using hand sanitizer was more effective than washing with soap and water.

  • Probiotics for the Primary Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection

    The authors of a before-and-after intervention study and a meta-analysis found that probiotics reduce the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). The strategy seems to work best in hospital settings where the incidence of CDI is ≥ 5% and for patients receiving two or more antibiotics.

  • VRE and MRSA: Time to Assign Contact Precautions to the Dust Heap of History

    In the context of other horizontally implemented, effective infection prevention measures, the use of contact precautions for most patients colonized or infected with MRSA or VRE fails to provide benefit.