Assessing health literacy levels soon after hospital admission and adjusting discharge instructions accordingly helped reduce ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A primary care follow-up within 7 days of pediatric ICU hospitalization discharge did not occur in about 70% of ...

When resident physicians visit former hospital patients’ homes, they can better evaluate patient needs and understand how community services keep patients out of hospitals, a study published in ...

Patient avoidance or postponement of care are common reasons for home health care delays, the authors said. Patients discharged from the hospital are at a higher risk of rehospitalization if they ...

Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday. Nursing homes and home health providers ...