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How 1 California hospital reduced readmission for rural patients by 10%
Becker’s Hospital Review· 1 day agopatients in rural areas of San Diego County have increased at La Mesa, Calif.-based Sharp Grossmont Hospital, but those rates were reduced by 10% for < ...
Program aims to reduce hospital readmissions among San Diego County's rural patients
KPBS San Diego· 2 days agoOn a recent Thursday morning, a team of nurses and a paramedic firefighter drove through dusty...
Clubhouse step-down programs help discharged mental health patients reintegrate
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 15 hours agoWhen Jonathan Denhart was discharged from the psych ward at Austin Oaks Hospital last year, he was...
Signings enhance care for seniors Law presumes elderly patients to be eligible for home care via...
Republican-American· 1 day agoBLOOMFIELD - Some elderly patients being discharged from hospitals will be presumed eligible for...
Massachusetts General Hospital fires medical assistant who allegedly assaulted patient: ‘We are...
Boston Herald· 16 hours agoThe MGH medical assistant accused of assaulting a patient was fired after the alleged victim...
Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment
WJET - WFXP Erie· 5 days agoJERUSALEM (AP) — Patients lying shackled and blindfolded on more than a dozen beds inside a white...
3 small changes net big results for discharges at Bon Secours Richmond Health
Becker’s Hospital Review· 2 days agoMany hospitals struggle to discharge patients into post-acute care in a timely manner, but at Bon Secours Richmond (Va.) Health, three ...
Patients dying in hospital corridors amid NHS ‘national emergency’, nurses warn
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoSaffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers, said: “These findings reflect the severe...
Sepsis metrics unfairly ding safety-net hospitals, study suggests
Becker’s Hospital Review· 6 days agoState and federal quality metrics that focus on in-hospital mortality for sepsis patients may unfairly penalize safety-net hospitals, ...
Don’t Wait to Litigate – Tell Patients Now That a Pressure Ulcer Is “More Likely Than Not”...
The National Law Review· 17 hours agoA proposal on managing expectations to change the paradigm of future litigation for these (currently) high volume hospital acquired pressure ulcer cases. Many pressure ulcers ...