Journal Of General Internal Medicine

Taking aggressive measures to lower older adults’ blood pressure may not increase their risk of falls, contrary to conventional wisdom, according to recently published research findings.

An hour-long educational coaching session and up to three follow-up phone calls reduced readmissions by 39% among Medicare patients, a new study finds.

In life, as Donald Rumsfeld once said, there are known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. This may sound like gobbledygook, but it’s actually relevant to business and long-term care.

Providers should consider social factors, such as race, gender and whether a person is a nursing home resident, when assessing readmission risk among pneumonia and heart failure patients, new research...