Warm handoffs, cool tech help providers smooth transitions: expert
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2023
With quality metrics increasingly driven by patient satisfaction, the urgency of smoothly transitioning patients from one care setting to another is ratcheting up for both skilled nursing and home health...
Hospitals and health systems are under increasing financial pressure due to lower revenue and higher costs, with many provider organizations falling into the red. “Nine months into an extremely...
Speciality care use falls after nursing home admission: report
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Visits drop steeply across multiple specialties after a nursing home admission, investigators say. For those with severe mental illness, visits fell by a whopping 67%.
Novel approaches needed to reduce barriers to care during ED-to-home transition, study finds
By
John Roszkowski
Jul 07, 2022
Older residents who are discharged into the community following emergency room visits often experience significant barriers to care during their transition, and understanding those concerns has the potential...
Untangling the post-acute care journey
By
Maureen Banks
Robin Hynds
Louis J. Woolf
Jul 06, 2022
“What’s next?” That’s the question countless patients have faced as they have been discharged from hospitals in the midst of this once-in-a-century crisis. They have each faced what we’ve...
How to ease workforce disruption by streamlining post-acute transitions
By
Ben Sawyer
Apr 28, 2022
When hospitals struggle to promptly discharge and transfer patients, it can trigger unfortunate consequences across the broader industry.
What is the best post-acute care destination for an assisted living resident? It’s complicated, new...
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 31, 2022
Acute care clinicians and discharge planners need more complete information about LTC services and target populations to help ensure that residents land in the most appropriate settings, researchers say.
Survey: Short-stay residents want more help with meds, clinician connections upon discharge
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 03, 2021
Fully 80% of respondents said they received and understood their discharge instructions. But at least two-thirds would have liked more help with their medication regimen, physician referrals, and other...
Better manage transitions of care with tips from Nov. 3 webinar
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
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...
Smooth out post-acute transitions with insights from June 23 webinar
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2021
Nursing home residents are at greatest risk as they transition through different levels of care, and a McKnight’s Long-Term Care News webinar June 23 highlights potential areas for opportunity and improvement....