Perhaps the largest operational change in nursing homes since the beginning of the prospective payment system is taking place today. Implementation of MDS 3.0, a resident assessment tool, starts.

So, it’s finally here. MDS 3.0, the updated resident assessment tool, has officially taken effect. So how exactly will this highly anticipated system change the way you, nursing home providers, ...

Early indicators of accrual success: Time-to-first-patient and accrual performance at an anticipated enrollment milestone-A study of NCI-CTEP-sponsored clinical trials. Background: Although baseline ...

Median response duration was 22.3 months (IQR: 10.6–35.7 months) according to overlap-MDS/MPN criteria and 13 months (IQR: 5.8–22.3 months) according to IWG-2006. Paired survival analysis in the 45 ...

MDS occur mainly, but not exclusively, in patients with a median age of about 70 years, and the crude incidence is 4 to 5 cases per 100,000 persons per year. 8 The true incidence is likely to be ...