Printer Friendly PDF FDA Approves First RSV Vaccines In May 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccines for prevention of RSV associated lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in adults aged ≥60...
HealthDirect Resources
Webinar Training
As part of our ongoing commitment to continuing education, we invite our valued HealthDirect customers to attend complimentary monthly webinars. The session invites, topics and learning objectives are shared via email, allowing attendees to easily register. These webinars feature professional speakers and relevant topics, as well as select continuing education credits.
Clinical Insight
Did You Know? Expiration Date Guidance: Inhalation Devices
Printer Friendly PDF Certain inhalation devices once opened or assembled and in use, must be used within a specified timeframe to avoid reduced stability and sterility, which can impact efficacy of treatment. Medications...
Did You Know? AGS Beers Criteria® 2023 Update
Printer Friendly PDF About the Beers List The American Geriatric Society (AGS) Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use inOlder Adults, commonly called the Beers List, serves as a comprehensive...
Did you Know? Tardive Dyskinesia & Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
Printer Friendly PDF What is Tardive Dyskinesia? [1,2] Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) is an involuntary movement disorder characterized by uncontrollable, abnormal andrepetitive movements of the face, torso and /or other body...
Blogs
Geriatric Mental Health Awareness Month
Printer-Friendly PDF Geriatric Psychiatry Geriatric psychiatry is a specialized field commonly referred to as geropsychiatry, geripsych, geripsychiatry, or psychogeriatrics. Professionals provide care in a variety of...
Cataract Awareness Month
A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens, which blocks or changes the passage of light into the eye. Versus glaucoma which is caused by too much fluid pressure inside your eye, leading to slow vision loss and loss of...
National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Statistics & Demographics Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of Dementia, an impairment of one’s ability to remember, think, or make typical daily decisions more of a challenge. Alzheimer’s disease is currently...
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 (H.R.603), A Proposed Federal Minimum Wage Increase
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021, What are the Impacts on Long Term Care (LTC)? An aid to decrease LTC staff burnout and improve LTC resident's quality of care? Or does it include another cost measure for some already...
eBooks
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Cannabis in Long-Term Care Communities [eBook]
The latest eBook from the HealthDirect team, Cannabis in Long-Term Care Communities, shares need-to-know information about the use of CBD and medical marijuana in LTC communities. With both now legal in an increasing number...
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Creating Wellness, Reducing Costs: Targeting the Emotional Health of Residents, Staff and Families [eBook]
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the enormous set of issues associated with a lack of attention to the mental health needs of residents, staff and families. From failure to thrive, to the exodus of employees, to the anger...
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Succeeding in a Post-COVID World One Unvaccinated Convert at a Time [eBook]
As "Operation Warp Speed" began slowing down, long-term care administrators began to realize that the biggest battles still lie ahead of them. This eBook explores the challenges faced by administrators to address employee...
HD News
HealthDirect’s Chad Rollins – American Ninja Warrior Contestant
Chad Rollins is a pharmacist by day and a warrior by night, but there is more to his story. HealthDirect’s Chad Rollins, Pharm D, located at our Ozark, MO pharmacy, will be a contestant (season 14) on NBC’s American Ninja...
ASCP’s Annual NY Mid-State Chapter Event Organized by Brandi Van Valkenburg, Pharm D, BCGP
Kudos to HealthDirect’s Brandi Van Valkenburg, Pharm D, BCGP, for successfully organizing her twelfth annual ASCP (American Society of Consultant Pharmacists) New York Mid-State Chapter Meeting and Education Day. Over the...
HealthDirect Spotlight on Employee Ownership – Brianne Grescheck
A Decade of Dedication Brianne Grescheck began her journey in long-term care pharmacy 10 years ago as a floor tech at Colonial Pharmacy, in Utica, New York. Colonial Pharmacy was a small, local long-term care pharmacy that...
New HealthDirect Pharmacy Location: Ozark, Missouri
Our family of pharmacies is growing! The long-term care division of Family Pharmacy of Ozark, Missouri is now part of the HealthDirect pharmacy family. The Ozark, MO pharmacy team has a stellar reputation for...