Nursing Homes in West Des Moines, IA
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 Pine Acres Rehabilitation And Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1501 Office Park Road, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 Ratings: Phone: (515) 223-1223 |
Arbor Springs Of West Des Moines L L C Medicare Location: 7951 E P True Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 Ratings: Phone: (515) 223-1135 |
Edgewater, A Wesleylife Community Medicare and Medicaid Location: 9225 Cascade Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 Ratings: Phone: (515) 978-2400 |
Manorcare Health Services -west Des Moines Medicare and Medicaid Location: 5010 Grand Ridge Drive, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 Ratings: Phone: (515) 222-5991 |
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New WHO report analyzes global response to antimicrobial resistance
A quarter of countries that responded to a WHO survey have national plans to preserve antimicrobial medicines like antibiotics, but many more countries must also step up. A new report, "Worldwide country situation analysis: Response to antimicrobial resistance", which outlines the survey findings, reveals that while much activity is underway and many governments are committed to addressing the problem, there are major gaps in actions needed across all 6 WHO regions to prevent the misuse of antibiotics and reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Biotypes can identify distinct subgroups of psychosis
Three biomarker-based categories, called biotypes, outperformed traditional diagnoses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis, in sorting psychosis cases into distinct subgroups on the basis of brain biology, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.
BDSI completes BEMA Buprenorphine Phase 3 trial on chronic pain
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced today that the last patient has completed the randomized portion of its Phase 3 clinical trial assessing the efficacy and safety of BEMA Buprenorphine for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain, signifying completion of the trial.
UK facing a major coronavirus outbreak, experts warn
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or Wuhan coronavirus) is spreading like wildfire across the globe and health officials are racing to contain the virus. Experts in the United Kingdom warn that the country is facing a major coronavirus outbreak in the coming weeks as the number of confirmed cases rises to four, as more than 25 countries have reported increasing case toll.
DIR and CDPH awarded NIOSH grant for workers' compensation research project
The Department of Industrial Relations and the California Department of Public Health were this week awarded a grant of nearly $200,000 per year for a workers' compensation research project from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Nursing Home
A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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