CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for SNFs, home health
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 07, 2023
Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday.
Program to reduce hospital readmissions would link nursing homes with partners
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 15, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is setting aside $128 million for organizations that collaborate with nursing homes to establish programs that prevent residents from going back to hospitals...
Economy, reimbursement woes accelerate hospitals’ departure from skilled nursing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2023
After at least five years of strategic reductions, hospitals and health systems appear to be accelerating their departure from the skilled nursing and senior care sectors.
Predict massive surge in analytics use
Aug 22, 2012
Hospitals are about to dramatically enhance analytics to reduce costs and enhance the value of their electronic health records, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan.
Economic crisis eases nursing shortage–but relief seen as temporary
Apr 08, 2009
Recent reports indicate that the current economic crisis has temporarily alleviated the nationwide nursing shortage.
Palliative care reaches more people with default consult order option, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 18, 2024
Here’s a way to make sure that people receive palliative care sooner rather than later: Make clinicians evaluate the patient for it when people are hospitalized.
C. diff linked to contaminated hospital beds, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 17, 2023
Make sure to disinfect beds properly after they are used by someone with Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. According to a new study, staying in a bed previously used by a person with C. diff raises...
Experts: Hospitals should work directly with nursing homes to address infections
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 02, 2018
Hospitals have made much greater strides in cutting infection rates than their peers in the long-term care space and should work more closely with the latter to share know-how and better address the issues,...
Study: When community-onset SARS-CoV-2 went up, so did cases that started in hospitals
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 29, 2023
Rates of people contracting SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital were similar to other hospital-acquired infections. But when the number of infections that began in the community was higher, there was an increase...
Backlogged hospitals want back into the nursing home business — without the hassles of ownership
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2024
Many hospitals and health systems that have cut back on their own skilled nursing capabilities over the last two decades are now looking to take back additional control over their post-acute processes.