BY JENNIFER CLINE, PT, DHSC, MS, AND SHONA METCALF, RN, BSN, MSN, CCM, IQCI
Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, a facility of Advocate Health, has a Bridge to Home (BTH) program, which serves unfunded or underfunded patients by giving them two to three hours of therapy daily for approximately two weeks.
BY NICOLE BERMAN, RN, MSN, CCM, WITH MARY MCLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CCM
Intellectual disability (ID) is the most common developmental disability, diagnosed when a person has particular limitations in cognitive functioning and skills, including communication, social and self-care skills.
BY TEENA CHOPRA, MD, MPH, MATHEW LEPERA, DO, AND GLENN TILLOTSON, PhD BACKGROUND Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection is the number one cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. Additionally, it is increasingly a cause of gastrointestinal illness in the community, with more than one-third of all U.S. infections occurring outside the hospital setting. There are approximately…