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Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes

CMS.gov

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Nursing facilities. This duty is especially important when it comes to the care provided for some of the most vulnerable in our society, Americans residing in nursing homes. CMS’ approach to oversight of nursing homes is constantly evolving.

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Iowa Nursing Home Resident Suffocated Due to Grab Bar Entrapment

Med-Net Compliance

An Iowa nursing home was cited for placing its residents in immediate jeopardy after a resident became wedged between a bed and a grab bar and suffocated. The post Iowa Nursing Home Resident Suffocated Due to Grab Bar Entrapment appeared first on Med-Net.

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FDA Guidance Provides Relief for MDR Reporting During a Pandemic

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

A new FDA guidance provides much-needed relief during a pandemic. FDA has just revised its relatively less known 2012 guidance entitled “Post-market Adverse Event Reporting for Medical Products and Dietary Supplements During an Influenza Pandemic” to clarify that the guidance is applicable to any pandemic, not just an influenza pandemic.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It also equips providers with Eko’s FDA-cleared AI to assist in remote screening for AFib, heart murmurs, tachycardia and bradycardia. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc. The system can be used to conduct telehealth visits between two or more clinics.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – June

SQA

United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Regulations and Guidances. FDA Proposes Benefit-Risk Considerations for Product Quality Assessments, 20 June 2022. The FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled Conducting Remote Regulatory Assessments, Question and Answers.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. UltraSight was granted FDA clearance for its AI-powered ultrasound guidance technology. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – Spring

SQA

United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Regulations and Guidances. The FDA proposes to do so primarily by incorporating by reference the 2016 edition of the international standard specific for medical device quality management systems set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO 13485.

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