by GV Team | May 12, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources
Blog by www.cvshealth.com The dream of an electronic health record (EHR) — born in the visionary 1960s — imagined one seamless, universal home for a patient’s medical history. The actual rollout has been a bit rockier. Over the past decade, EHRs have contributed to...
by GV Team | May 5, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources
Blog by www.cvshealth.com May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Americans are facing record levels of stress and anxiety driven by external stressors outside their control things like inflation, political divisiveness and the war in Ukraine. Health experts remind...
by GV Team | Apr 21, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.mcknights.com The incidence of malnutrition is widespread among institutionalized seniors, ranging from 23% to 60% of all patients. However, malnutrition is often hidden in plain sight since its symptoms can be mistaken for other conditions. It’s important...
by GV Team | Apr 7, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.cvshealth.com The scariest moment of Claudia Norman’s heart health journey came a few years ago, when the 53-year-old awoke in atrial fibrillation — an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. “You realize that your...
by GV Team | Mar 10, 2022 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.cvshealth.com The rising cost of prescription drugs is a growing concern, especially for those who depend on their medications to stay healthy. Prescription drug spending is only expected to increase1 with the specialty drug market predicted to grow to...
by GV Team | Mar 3, 2022 | Patient Safety, Resources
Blog by www.washingtonpost.com If there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we have a lot of excess stuff in our homes — including bottles and bottles of expired or no-longer-needed medications. That’s a problem, according to Elizabeth Skoy, an associate...
