Transitions Of Care

When hospitals struggle to promptly discharge and transfer patients, it can trigger unfortunate consequences across the broader industry.

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.

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...

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...

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....

Relationships between hospitals and nursing homes can be funny things. Working together, they can do great things. But “cooperation” and “outreach” are not operative words frequently...

Long-term care facilities strive to provide each patient personalized care. Comprehensive care plans, honoring patient preferences and tailoring services to patients are critical aspects to achieving the...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would reimburse providers for coordination of care services.

Improving the quality of care and targeting waste and fraud are priorities for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, chief Donald Berwick, M.D. told a large group of long-term care providers Tuesday.