In early November 2015, CMS issued revisions to its requirements for discharge planning for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health. The American Hospital Association generally supports ...

Mismatches between standard discharge and expert recommendations are linked to worse functional outcomes and higher 3-month ...

Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine is deploying artificial intelligence to predict length of stay and streamline discharge workflows, which is freeing up inpatient beds and easing administrative workload ...

A multi-disciplinary program implemented two years ago in an Ontario hospital allows patients to be discharged from an ambulatory hospital two days after hip or knee replacement surgery, according to ...

In a long anticipated regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the hospital, critical access hospital (CAH) and home health agency (HHA) conditions of ...

We may think leaving the hospital is a relief, but for many patients, it can be stressful and confusing. Here’s how everyone can get the support they need.

Discharge planning is a process that should begin as soon as patients are admitted to the hospital. In a perfect world, healthcare team members, patients, and families communicate and work together to ...

Can artificial intelligence improve discharge planning? Has AI finally found a role in day-to-day healthcare? The answer is a tentative maybe. "Timely patient discharge requires a coordinated effort ...

Patients with memory or cognitive deficiencies and their caregivers will have more direction when leaving the hospital, ...