Discharge lounges actually works to cut wait times and improve patient experience, as shown by Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital's model.

In the last few years, rates of hospital readmissions have become a key indicator of care quality, and for good reason. When significant numbers of patients in post-acute care settings experience a ...

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 ...

Two-thirds of older adults experience medication errors during hospital stays, particularly when moving between different care settings, according to new research published in BMC Geriatrics.

Same-day hospital discharge (SDD) is safe in selected patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Background: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they ...

However, letting nurses have total control of medication management during hospital stays can create problems afterward. Most geriatric patients can successfully self-manage multiple medications after ...

Covid patients aren’t directly overwhelming hospitals right now, but ripple effects of the pandemic are keeping beds full and patients away from the care they need. Most nursing homes are limiting new ...

Raise your hand if you can’t wait to be admitted to a convalescent home someday? For years I have been asking this question from the stage. And no one has come forward yet. In addition, hospitals & ...

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: ...