Integrating an elderly patient’s informal caregivers — family members, friends, partners, neighbors and other loved ones — into the discharge process may potentially reduce the patient’s likelihood of ...

Close to 40% of adult patients receive post-acute care (PAC) when they are discharged from a hospital. That can include receiving help at home or going to a specialized facility, including a skilled ...

The discharge process is an everyday responsibility that can make or break patient outcomes and satisfaction at any hospital. The process takes place multiple times a day, and it poses countless ...

Imagine, if you will, that tomorrow is the day you're finally going home from the hospital. Let's imagine that you ended up there after you developed some unusual new symptoms and saw your primary ...

A task force focused on ameliorating the logjam of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals to post-acute care settings has offered a string of legal remedies that overlap with some ...

The business of caring is a stressful one. Within the hospital, clinicians face an ever-increasing amount of pressure to do more with less, with our work held accountable to metrics and time pressures ...

“I didn’t know what to do, so I came back,” said my in-the-dark patient. He was calling me from the emergency department (ED), 5 days after I had discharged him from the hospital for an abdominal ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Patients who are discharged after vascular surgeries to treat a wide range of ailments involving heart and blood flow issues are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for a ...

Every day, millions of people are discharged after extended hospital stays, but matching these patients with appropriate care facilities can be arduous, often reliant on months-old, inaccurate data.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most people are quite relieved after they are discharged from the hospital. After all, the hospital can be a frightening place for people not used to the environment and heading ...