Patients who are discharged after vascular surgeries to treat a wide range of ailments involving heart and blood flow issues are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for a preventable ...

Every day, millions of people are discharged after extended hospital stays, but matching these patients with appropriate care facilities can be arduous, often reliant on months-old, inaccurate data.

Bethsaida Hospital Serang has been recently validated at Stage 6 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). During its validation, the hospital demonstrated its accelerated patient ...

The SNF discharge process from inpatient care to recovery at home should be characterized by patient education, caregiver engagement, and follow-up from SNF staff, according to a new report from ...

Health First is a nonprofit, Central Florida health system consisting of more than 900 beds across four hospitals, with the only Level II trauma center in the county. Streamlining and automating the ...

The Pennsylvania health system has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores. Patient discharge can be ...

Integrating an elderly patient’s informal caregivers — family members, friends, partners, neighbors and other loved ones — into the discharge process may potentially reduce the patient’s likelihood of ...

On June 6, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided a Quality Safety & Oversight (QSO) memorandum outlining CMS-identified concerns with respect to the patient discharge ...