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 ...

In today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape, the journey from hospital to home care is a critical juncture in patient recovery. As healthcare executives and professionals, ensuring smooth and ...

Transitions represent a real threat to long-term care residents and the facilities that care for them. During a Nov. 3 McKnight’s webinar, learn more about how fragmented care can lead to medical ...

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 ...

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 ...

“What’s this drug, Dad?” I held up a colorful capsule from his pill box as we were packing for a family vacation. “I have no idea,” he shrugged. I urged him to clarify the mystery medication with his ...

Findhelp and AIDA Healthcare have formed a partnership for post-acute care referral integration, aiming to streamline and improve acute to post-acute care setting transition while addressing the ...

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 ...

ALBANY — Albany Medical Center and Maria College on Friday announced the formation of a new clinic that will provide ...

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 ...

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 ...