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January 19, 2011 | Commentary
Short hospital stays, rehospitalizations and transitions among health care settings have become increasingly common. Financial policy changes should be implemented to incentivize longer hospital stays and better-coordinated post-discharge care.
September 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center hosted a conference to develop research and policy agendas for improving the quality of care for persons who are transferred from one medical setting to another.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Standardized forms were created by the hospital for patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department (ED).
April 4, 2007 | Program Results Report
Staff at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va., prepared for the opening of an acute care unit located in the University of Virginia Medical Center.
May 1, 1997 | Program Results Report
The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority created the Resident Education and Assistance Program to address problems of undiagnosed substance abuse among elderly residents living in subsidized public and private housing.
April 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Investments in nursing care hours reduce hospital readmissions by better preparing patients for discharge.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this study, nurse interventionists identified and documented medication discrepancies from two Inland Northwest hospitals. The researchers identified more system-level discrepancies than patient-level ones.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Academic and medical professionals discuss the transition from palliative care in hospitals to nursing homes.
May 11, 2009 | Program Results Report
From 1994 to 2007, staff at Friends' Health Connection (originally called Long Distance Love), New Brunswick, N.J., created and ran a program that enables hospitalized patients to communicate one-on-one with another patient who has the same illness.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich., developed a systemwide universal discharge instruction form, merging general discharge instructions with cardiac-specific discharge instructions for patients with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure.