In the last few years, rates of hospital readmissions have become a key indicator of care quality, and for good reason. When significant numbers of patients in post-acute care settings experience a ...

Close to 40% of adult patients receive post-acute care (PAC) when they are discharged from a hospital. That can include receiving help at home or going to a specialized facility, including a skilled ...

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.

Co-authors are Md. Mohaimenul Islam, research assistant professor in UB’s Department of Pharmacy Practice, and researchers at ...

Monthly data on 12-hour waits is published by NHS England. In 2024, 10.5% of patients waited 12 hours or more at major A&E units from arrival to the point where they were treated and discharged or ...

Dearborn police report frequent incidents of patients discharged from Corwell Health Hospital without essentials like clothes, shoes, or phones. Police responded to 200 calls this year, urging ...

When I was at the Ulster hospital, that was 104 people who were medically fit for discharge, who were not being discharged” ...

The question of whether patients with chest pain can be discharged from the emergency department (ED) for outpatient stress testing is a difficult one, and was rarely asked until just a few years ago.