The Minimum Data Set 3.0 has a lot of moving parts — nowhere more so than in Section M: Skin Condition. For clinicians in long-term care, it means a formidable challenge.

Patient 1, a 63-year-old man with an 8-month history of MDS, was admitted with high fever (temperature, 39.2°C), leukocytosis, and transfusion-dependent anemia. Patient 2, a 63-year-old woman ...

The changes to end-of-life skin wound classification in the most recent Minimum Data Set update are ultimately a positive for long-term care, but regulatory ambiguity and potential legal concerns ...

MDS with an SF3B1 mutation were associated with a significantly lower mortality risk compared with patients who did not have the mutation (HR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.1-0.5; P < .001).