At 8 years old, he was a happy second grader and enthusiastic soccer player. Then, his family’s car hit a median on the highway, and the crash ejected him from the vehicle. He spent nearly 3 months in ...

An estimated 25-30% of total healthcare spend in the U.S. can be traced to inefficient patient throughput, delayed access to treatment, excess length of stay, preventable readmissions and ...

Patients given transitional care before and during discharge from hospital—such as joint discharge planning follow up visits or phone calls—are less likely to be readmitted according to University of ...

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

Changes in the way Medicare pays health care providers have created a strong inducement for hospitals and health systems to get patients involved in their own care. But, unless patients make a real ...

Implementing a well-established business approach allowed physicians to shave hours off pediatric patient discharges without affecting readmission rates, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey ...