by GV Team | Jan 13, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.agingcare.com Contrary to the popular jingle, Jack Frost doesn’t just nip—he often bites. To make matters worse, he doesn’t usually stop at your nose. Harsh winter weather can be particularly damaging to sensitive older skin. Freezing temperatures and cold...
by GV Team | Jan 6, 2022 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by www.cvshealth.com A CVS Health study just published in JAMA Network Open shows that COVID-19 two-dose vaccines offer strong protection for vaccinated people. Compared with vaccinated persons, unvaccinated individuals were up to four times more likely to be...
by GV Team | Dec 23, 2021 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health, SureMed
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy Sure is helping our facilities by simplifying the every day processes. SureMed has been stream-lining med-pass and improving patient outcomes for many of our facilities already. Everyone’s goal is...
by GV Team | Dec 16, 2021 | GrandView News, Resources
Blog by www.cvshealth.com When he was 21 years old, Rafael Lopez enlisted in the Army with a sense of purpose. “I thought that what I needed in my life was to be a part of something greater than myself,” he says. After a 20-year career that included three tours to...
by GV Team | Dec 9, 2021 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by www.cdc.gov People with asthma, heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other chronic health conditions are at higher risk of developing serious flu complications, that can result in hospitalization or even death. In fact, during recent flu seasons, 9 out of...
by GV Team | Dec 3, 2021 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.cdc.gov Be Antibiotics Aware is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) national educational effort to help improve antibiotic prescribing and use and combat antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to...
by GV Team | Nov 11, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.cdc.gov CDC recommends delaying travel until you are able to get fully vaccinated. If you are traveling with children who cannot get vaccinated at this time, follow recommendations for people who are not fully vaccinated and choose the safer travel options...
by GV Team | Nov 5, 2021 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.cvshealth.com Papa and our Papa Pals offer a hand to help, a shoulder to lean on, an ear to listen—supporting older adults and families with how and where they want to live, at home. Across the country, health plans and employers look to Papa to provide...
by GV Team | Oct 27, 2021 | GrandView News, Resources
Blog by Charissa Widegren, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy Many of you, as residents or nursing staff, administrators or business office managers, know of GrandView Pharmacy. If you are a resident in independent living or assisted living, you may...
by GV Team | Oct 21, 2021 | Patient Safety, Resources
Blog by www.cvshealth.com CVS Health has announced new and expanded programs to help prevent opioid misuse, which come as the pandemic has presented challenges to delivering traditional drug abuse prevention programs for young people. The company’s newest...
