A century ago, most people went to the hospital for infectious diseases, like tuberculosis. You'd be treated, released, and done. Today, chronic ailments like heart disease, diabetes, and COPD are big ...

Emergency department care managers can facilitate patient transitions between sites of care, according to a white paper from Huron Consulting Group. The paper, “Empowering Case Managers in the ...

Every year, more than 425,000 high-risk patients nationwide are released from the hospital only to return within 30 days. This situation not only negatively affects the patients, but it also saddles ...

Transitions care planning and care coordination were among the missed opportunities to prevent 30-day readmissions at 18 California hospitals, according to a study in Medical Care. Researchers studied ...

Olio, a leading healthcare software company, announces continued investment for Skilled Nursing Operators to support transitions of care by reducing referral leakage, optimizing occupancy, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are various patient, family, provider and system factors that act as barriers to transitions. The ...

Of the 53 million caregivers in the United States, no two stories are the same. Some are told across decades, others in days. Still more are told in multiple languages across cultural divides. What is ...

Pediatric-onset MS requires specialized care due to unique clinical features like cognitive issues and motor impairment. Unstructured transitions from pediatric to adult care lead to treatment delays, ...

The Trump administration is moving to broadly curtail gender transition care for young people, proposing Thursday to eject medical providers from major federal health insurance programs if they ...