Variation and growth in post-acute care spending has earned PAC a spot on hospital and health systems’ priority list for cost-saving opportunities. The success of new care delivery models — particularly...
Best care transitions and readmission rates tied to post-discharge care support for 90 days
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 04, 2020
Clinician support for up to 90 days after a care transition lowers the odds of hospital readmission and leads to better medication continuity.
Proposed rules broaden opportunities for veterans needing post-acute care
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 17, 2013
Newly proposed rules could impact veterans’ nursing home care. One rule would provide more flexibility to veterans in terms of their healthcare benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs....
Morning walks may aid sleep after heart bypass surgery
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2020
Patients with insomnia related to surgery were better able to fall asleep and sleep continuously with a program of aerobic treadmill walking.
Government report: 1 in 5 Medicare patients suffers an adverse event while receiving post-acute SNF care
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 04, 2014
About 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced an adverse event during a post-hospitalization skilled nursing facility stay in fiscal year 2011, and the majority of these events were preventable, according...
Texas long-term care becomes big winner in receipt of federal innovation grants
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 18, 2012
Texas has received a windfall of federal funding to test care coordination programs between acute and long-term care providers.
Skin tear education program brings docs and nurses together in post-acute care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
The pilot program at a post-acute care hospital in Toronto successfully brought physicians and nurses out of their silos and revealed an opportunity to correct inefficiencies, geriatricians say.
Ask the nursing expert … about time management
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Dec 01, 2013
We are so very busy in our post-acute care jobs. How are we supposed to get it all done?
Orthostatic intolerance common in post-acute patients, signaling need for clinical workup
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 02, 2021
Older rehabilitation patients should be assessed for symptoms of orthostatic intolerance upon admission, a new study suggests.
Genesis, Skilled Healthcare merger to create huge long-term care provider with more than 500 facilities
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 20, 2014
Genesis HealthCare and Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. will merge to create a single long-term and post-acute care company with more than 500 facilities nationwide, the providers announced Tuesday.