Following discharge after coronary artery bypass graft, there is high variability of skilled nursing facility use among different hospitals. Among different hospitals, there is high variability of ...

This decades-old rule could leave you with unexpected bills if you need specialized care after a hospital stay.

An involuntary discharge from a nursing home and be extremely disruptive to an individual’s care and can be very emotionally upsetting. There is federal law that provides protection to seniors that ...

A standardized handoff can prevent inconsistent and inaccurate discharge summaries, a new study says. Transition of patients from hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) often results in ...

A measurement of resident preparedness for leaving a skilled nursing facility accurately predicted that more than half of study participants did not need acute care within 30 days of going home, ...

Heart patients are less likely to be rehospitalized after discharge from a skilled nursing facility when home care is prescribed, a new study has found. The findings were unexpected, said lead author ...