Hospitalists are the linchpin of TEAM’s clinical and operational success. The model’s 30-day accountability window makes ...

Quality of Life Research, Vol. 9, No. 9 (Nov., 2000), pp. 1005-1013 (9 pages) Discharge planning endeavours to assist the transition of patients from the acute hospital setting into the community. We ...

A new study shows the value of integrating caregivers into the discharge process for elderly patients: far fewer readmissions. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute ...

On September 26, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Final Rule, Revisions to Discharge Planning Requirements (CMS-3317-F) in a bid to “improve engagement, choice ...

It is critical to have a solid system for discharge planning that begins even before the resident is admitted to the facility. Individualized, resident-centered discharge planning will provide a solid ...

From understanding the technology to knowing what questions to ask, here are tips to help you navigate a hospital stay.

The patient needed a ventilator or she would die. The hospital wanted to discharge her, but there was no place she could go. As the surge of coronavirus infections created a terrifying shortage of ...

Recently incarcerated individuals with HIV face challenges in achieving sustained viral suppression (SVS) due to social conditions and health care access issues. Young and frequently incarcerated ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Nueces County Jail has implemented a new program for inmates that offers a plan to ...

Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, Ala., achieved a half-day reduction in average length of stay just two months after implementing predictive, ...

Bringing Our Community Home, the organization coordinating the 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness in Santa Barbara County, has announced the launch of the Homeless Inmate Jail Discharge Planning ...