Skilled Nursing News November 4, 2025
Long-term care and assisted living residents are among the highest-risk groups for one of health care’s most persistent threats: sepsis. Because skilled nursing residents often have underlying health issues, early recognition and intervention are critical.
But that can be challenging — especially during evenings and weekends, when on-site clinical coverage is sometimes more limited.
Telemedicine is one way to improve these outcomes.
Why sepsis demands a new approach
Despite promising treatment advances, sepsis remains widespread, contributing to more than 750,000 hospitalizations and over 215,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.1 The cost? An estimated $16.7 billion in direct medical costs in the U.S. alone.
Many long-term care and assisted living residents live with multiple chronic conditions and weakened immune systems...
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