February 2022

Source: Freepik Copyright: DCStudio URL: https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/medical-staff-with-disabled-senior-woman-having-conversation-about-recovery-treatment-hospital-waiting-area-wearing-face-mask-against-coronavirus_16656401.htm Licensed by JMIR WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, February 10, 2022 — Patients with severe COVID-19 and related complications can benefit from receiving postacute care at long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), a new report suggests. The findings of “Patient Outcomes and Lessons Learned From Treating Patients With Severe COVID-19 at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Single-Center Retrospective Study,” a study conducted by medical and therapy staff at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, an LTACH in Wallingford, Connecticut, and researchers at the Milne Institute for Healthcare Innovation, were published today in the journal JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. With an average patient length of stay of 25-28 days,Read More →

Source: The authors / Henry Charles Hrdlicka Copyright: The authors / Henry Charles Hrdlicka URL: https://rehab.jmir.org/2022/1/e30794/ License: CC-BY-NC-ND WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, February 10, 2022 — A new report from Gaylord Specialty Healthcare’s Milne Institute for Healthcare Innovation, “Occupational and Physical Therapy Strategies for the Rehabilitation of COVID-19-Related Guillain-Barré Syndrome in the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Setting: Case Report,” describing the therapy interventions used in the long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) setting to rehabilitate COVID-19–associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) was published today in the journal JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. The report is believed to be the first to demonstrate the standard of care and strategies used in an independent LTACH settingRead More →

Source: Adobe Stock Copyright: Syda Productions URL: https://stock.adobe.com/ca/images/doctor-and-nurse-visiting-senior-woman-at-hospital/101042268 Licensed by JMIR (San Francisco CA) — A new study is the first to show that a remote cognitive assessment could help with tracking patients with cardiovascular risk. The assessments evaluated are from Posit Science, developer of the BrainHQ brain exercise app. Prior studies have established that people with cardiovascular risk factors are at increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia as they age. However, such studies have relied on the gold standard of in-person neuropsychological testing, which, although very beneficial, can be time consuming, expensive, and challenging to arrange during a pandemic. The Health eBrain Study, publishedRead More →