Strengthening patient-centered transitions of care enhances communication and reduces rehospitalization for chronic illness patients across settings.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine saw more than 5,800 patient transfers in the nine months ending March 31, a 16% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to a May 6 report from The ...

There may be times when it is necessary to lift someone or help them to transfer out of a wheelchair to another location. Anytime you need to assist someone in transferring or if someone has to be ...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — As COVID-19 brought more severe cases, hospitals struggled to keep up with the need, especially when it comes to transferring and accepting new patients. Hospitals were using ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid vs. commercial insurance were significantly less likely to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- Governor Reynolds has announced a new system from MercyOne to make it easier for those hospitalized with COVID-19 to be transferred and receive care. The Iowa COVID-19 ...

When the pain kicked in again in February, Lahisha Marquez-Soto held off on going to the hospital for days, until she was struggling to walk out of her college dorm in Carson. Eight days into her stay ...

Longer door-in-door-out (DIDO) times during interhospital transfer for endovascular therapy (EVT) are associated with significantly lower rates of EVT, higher complication rates, and worse functional ...

The median interhospital transfer time for stroke patients needing targeted therapy is 174 minutes, which is longer than the recommended 120 minutes, results of a new US registry-based study show. The ...