Recently, an 88-year-old member of my family underwent elective spinal surgery for disabling back pain. While the duration of hospitalization for anyone after surgery can be unpredictable, we were ...

Older hospitalized patients who struggled with taking their medications correctly were 10% less likely to need to return to the hospital if they had a pharmacist's help at discharge, according to a ...

Virtual nursing was tied to a 72% relative drop in 30-day ED readmissions in a UNC study of nine hospitals: 3.7% returned, versus 13.3% for in-person care.

An effective hospital discharge process created by Cleveland Clinic is pivotal in the handoff of patients to postacute-care providers. Hospital discharge is a complex process involving the primary ...

A total of 15.9% of deprescribed medications for older adults were restarted upon discharge to a skilled nursing facility ...

A new review of existing practice and policy, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has highlighted the need to improve hospital doctors' understanding of how GPs operate as "expert ...

PointClickCare, a leading health tech company helping providers deliver exceptional care, today announced new AI capabilities ...

Instead of thinking of patients as "discharged" once they leave the hospital, which implies care is finished, many healthcare professionals believe it's time to treat home as a fundamental care ...

Disease burden estimates of pneumonia-associated hospitalizations are more sensitive when including pneumonia coded in any diagnosis field vs in only the first discharge diagnosis field. Objectives: ...