This paper deals with the location of facilities or “movable” points on a planar area, on which there already exist fixed points. The minimax criterion for optimality is used and distances among points are assumed to be rectilinear. Two very efficient algorithms for the solution of the problem are presented. One is based on a univariate search, and the other on a steepest descent method. Some c...

BACKGROUND Between 1999 and 2002, a multistate demonstration project was conducted in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to encourage implementation of standing orders programs (SOP) as evidence-based vaccine delivery strategies to increase influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage in LTCFs. OBJECTIVE Examine predictors of increase in influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage in LT...

Assisted living (AL) has now surpassed nursing homes in terms of the number long-term care residents who reside there (J Am Med Dir Assoc 2022;23:225–234). Yet as this happened — and comorbidities, frailty, need for activities daily assistance AL have increased amount staffing medical communities not risen proportionally. This issue is fairly well-known among health professionals but been signi...

New approaches are needed to reduce disparities in access kidney transplantation. Telemedicine provides an opportunity address inequities care, with many services transitioning virtual platforms during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.1Bashshur R.L. Shannon G.W. Krupinski E.A. et al.National telemedicine initiatives: essential healthcare reform.Telemed J E Health. 2009; 15: 600-...