IMPORTANT: Vaccine Update(s) Vaccine Admin Guidelines The CDC recently issued important vaccination guidance updates.NOTE: Our 2024 Vaccination Program Administration Guidelines have been revised to reflect these updates*....
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Webinar Training
As part of our ongoing commitment to continuing education, we invite our valued HealthDirect customers to attend complimentary bi-monthly webinars. The session invites, topics and learning objectives are shared via email, allowing attendees to easily register. These webinars feature professional speakers and relevant topics, as well as select continuing education credits.
Clinical Insight
Did You Know? High Risk Medications
Printer Friendly PDF From the CMS MDS Manual – N0415: High-Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication Health-Related Quality of Life: Medications are an integral part of the care provided to residents of nursing homes. They are...
Product Focus: Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate (Capvaxive™) Vaccine
Printer Friendly PDF Vaccines to Prevent Pneumococcal Infection and Disease Pneumococcal disease is common in young children, but older adults are at the greatest risk of seriousillness and death. CDC recommends...
Product Focus: mResvia® (RSV Vaccine 60+)
Moderna mResvia® - Recommendations & Details For patients aged 60 or older, the risk of severe RSV infection and hospitalization can be high—making protection by vaccination that much more important. Respiratory...
Blogs
Did You Know? CMS E-Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) Program Update
Prescriptions written for a beneficiary in a long-term care (LTC)facility will be included in determining complianceEFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025 Printer Friendly PDF Is the CMS EPCS Program Voluntary? No. All prescribers who...
HealthDirect’s 2023 Falls Prevention Awareness Week
Printer Friendly PDF HealthDirect supports the annual Falls Prevention Awareness Week with our daily tips and statics that highlight the outcomes of falls, strategies to reduce or preventative falling incidences, and how...
Geriatric Mental Health Awareness Month
Printer-Friendly PDF Geriatric Psychiatry Geriatric psychiatry is a specialized field commonly referred to as geropsychiatry, geripsych, geripsychiatry, or psychogeriatrics. Professionals provide care in a variety of...
Cataract Awareness Month
A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens, which blocks or changes the passage of light into the eye. Versus glaucoma which is caused by too much fluid pressure inside your eye, leading to slow vision loss and loss of...
eBooks
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Cannabis in Long-Term Care Communities [eBook]
The latest eBook from the HealthDirect team, Cannabis in Long-Term Care Communities, shares need-to-know information about the use of CBD and medical marijuana in LTC communities. With both now legal in an increasing number...
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Creating Wellness, Reducing Costs: Targeting the Emotional Health of Residents, Staff and Families [eBook]
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the enormous set of issues associated with a lack of attention to the mental health needs of residents, staff and families. From failure to thrive, to the exodus of employees, to the anger...
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Succeeding in a Post-COVID World One Unvaccinated Convert at a Time [eBook]
As "Operation Warp Speed" began slowing down, long-term care administrators began to realize that the biggest battles still lie ahead of them. This eBook explores the challenges faced by administrators to address employee...
HD News
HealthDirect’s Chad Rollins – American Ninja Warrior Contestant
Chad Rollins is a pharmacist by day and a warrior by night, but there is more to his story. HealthDirect’s Chad Rollins, Pharm D, located at our Ozark, MO pharmacy, will be a contestant (season 14) on NBC’s American Ninja...