It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Windsor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation facility, operated by Integritus Healthcare of Pittsfield. Since February 21, 75 residents have come down with Covid-19, as well as 20 staff members. Five of the infected residents did not survive. In recent days, the infection numbers have dropped significantly, said Lisa Gaudet, Vice-President of Communications for Integritus -- down to 21 resident cases and 15 staff cases as of Monday, March 6. The facility expects that, at this rate, Covid should be cleared from the nursing home by March 15.
Recent CMS and CDC rulings offer hope that health systems will show more love for innovative treatments like digital therapeutics and virtual platforms.
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New programs like Hospital-at-Home and Acute-Care-at-Home are giving health systems an opportunity to reduce inpatient traffic and give patients the care they need in their own homes.
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The Rhode Island School of Design's Center for Complexity has developed a new tool that helps non-English patients accurately describe their pain for emergency care providers.
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