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 ...

Through collaboration with WISHIN, medical providers and MCDFC case managers will receive real-time information about MCDFC members to facilitate improved care coordination that will reduce the length ...

Have you ever attended a discharge planning meeting, either as a patient or family caregiver? In this day and age, every healthcare consumer should know what these are. Discharge planning meetings are ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Virginia Commonwealth University, pharmacists had a problem. Even though they are a key part of the discharge process, they had limited information on which patients were closest to being sent home ...

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 ...

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 ...