Nursing Homes in Cumberland, RI
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 Grandview Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 100 Chambers Street, Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 Ratings: Phone: (401) 724-7500 |
Mount St Rita Health Centre Medicare and Medicaid Location: 15 Sumner Brown Road, Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 Ratings: Phone: (401) 333-6352 |
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Study finds increasing susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospital patients
Findings from a study that looked at susceptibility trends of Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospital patients showed that key antibiotics used to treat the bacteria became more active over the course of the study, a rare occurrence.
New ECRI Institute Patient Safety Blog launched to share relevant information on patient safety topics
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announces the launch of its new Patient Safety Blog. The blog is ECRI Institute's newest communications tool and a way to share timely, relevant information on patient safety topics that are important to the healthcare community.
Patients and families gather to gain more awareness, knowledge about myositis
In early 2015, Mike Matthews, a teacher, social worker, and counselor for the State of Kentucky, experienced a constellation of apparently unrelated health problems that doctors could not diagnose. He lost more than thirty pounds, had trouble swallowing and speaking, developed a rash over his knuckles and other parts of his body, and experienced extreme muscle weakness and fatigue.
Addressing the evolution of diversity in medical education
A perspective piece in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine from a student at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine addresses the evolution of diversity in medical education.
N-terminal domain antibodies play a key role in COVID immunity
Scientists are learning that a lesser-studied region on the pandemic coronavirus is recognized by COVID-19 infection-fighting antibodies. These antibodies were identified in blood samples from previously infected patients, and were found to potently prevent the virus from infecting cells.
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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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