Healthcare It News

JUNE 24, 2024

OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 25, 2024

Patients aged 70 and older – who qualified for home health services – were included in the pilot program and subsequent study. The Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC) helped support the research. It really flips the discharge and starts the initiation of care at the hospital, instead of the home,” Schiller told HHCN. “It

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Transitions of care involving seniors — especially those with multiple chronic conditions — can be risky. Despite this, there are a number of methods skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other health organizations can adopt to improve the transition from inpatient care to home for patients and their caregivers.

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Healthcare Leadership

MARCH 19, 2023

Patient Perspectives on Care Transitions From Hospital to Home”, JAMA Network Open , 6 May 2022, [link] , accessed 19 March 2023 “Hospital discharge planning hinges on good communication”, Healthy Debate , 6 June 2017, [link] , accessed 19 March 2023 Minemyer, Paige. “The

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ACHC initially focused on accrediting home health agencies, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to include other health care sectors such as hospice, hospital, pharmacy, DME, home care and renal dialysis.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid program that helps keep people in their communities instead of nursing homes. Oftentimes, programs are run out of community-based centers with the support of in-home care providers and their staff. Axxess adds three executives to its leadership team.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They are consequently significantly overrepresented in institutions, such as nursing facilities. They are also less likely to be employed or have a stable home , adequate medical care , and informal supports in the community. They live shorter lives and develop chronic health conditions earlier in life than other Americans.

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