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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On October 1, 2021, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) published an analysis with the same title as this blog. “Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were particularly hard-hit by the first year of the pandemic, accounting for 31% of all COVID-19 deaths in the US as of…… Continue reading Nursing Homes Experienced Steeper Increase In COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in August 2021 Than the Rest of the Country

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On September 30, 2021, the Office of Civil Rights issued guidance to help the public understand when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule applies to disclosures and requests for information about whether a person has received a COVID-19 vaccine. The…… Continue reading OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Workplace

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted NH COVID-19 data for week ending September 19, 2021. This latest data set shows these changes from the September 12th data set: Resident vaccination remains increased 0.4% from the previous weekStaff vaccination increased 1.0% from the previous weekResident confirmed cases increased 5,641 from the…… Continue reading CMS Posts NH COVID-19 Data for Week Ending September 19, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare [I’m posting this information as there are many pregnant women in the U.S. – many of which are healthcare workers as well as our coworkers, friends and loved ones.  Please pass this critical information on!  This Alert can also be found here.  I did not include…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant People to Prevent Serious Illness, Deaths and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes from COVID-19

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has posted the latest Community Transmission Data for September 23 – September 29, 2021: NHSN has 2 COVID-19 Dashboards (there are others too on this website) you may be interested in: NHSN data as of September 27, 2021 – 5:30AM (ET) shows:

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has updated the FAQs About Medical Consent and Pfizer-BioNTech Booster Doses for the Long-Term Care Resident website.  The subtitle of this landing page is A Resource for Providers Participating in the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Long-term Care Residents & Their Families. “In response to inquiries…… Continue reading FAQs About Medical Consent & Pfizer-BioNTech Booster Doses for LTC Resident