Bringing a child home from psychiatric hospitalization is a positive step, but it can also bring about feelings of anxiety around ensuring your child’s well-being. The doctors have determined that ...

A free discharge checklist and care transition plan for patients is available from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Care About Your Care program. Care About Your Care is an RWJF ...

Manrique offered some specific examples of how you can begin to implement your mother's post-rehabilitation care plan at home: Prepare the home environment and ensure adequate supervision is available ...

My mother, age 78, had a stroke 3 recently. She was transferred to a rehabilitation center where she will stay 2-3 weeks. Her doctors are confident that she will be able to resume a fairly active and ...

A new study shows the value of integrating caregivers into the discharge process for elderly patients: far fewer readmissions. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute ...

A growing body of evidence supporting safety and benefits has persuaded many hospitals to consider a switch to same-day discharge following PCI, but just how to get started may prove daunting. Now, a ...

CMS has revised guidelines for the discharge planning condition of participation in the State Operations Manual. The revisions show the consolidation of 24 previous discharge planning tags into ...

Nurses feel "empowered" with an integrated patient discharge analytics technology that leverages artificial intelligence to analyze administrative tasks, such as discharge coordination, test ordering ...