Faster decision-making is helpful, but in acute care medicine, safer decisions must remain our primary focus​.

Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, there has been a swelling of efforts by healthcare providers to manage what is often referred to as the “continuum of care” ...

Prime Healthcare operates 51 hospitals and more than 360 outpatient locations in 14 states, providing more than 2.5 million patient visits annually. It has nearly 57,000 employees and physicians. The ...

Regulators are proposing to send $1.4 billion more to acute care hospitals and debut the first nationwide, mandatory payment ...

Patients in Medicare Advantage plans are staying longer in the hospital but receiving considerably less post-acute care than their peers in traditional Medicare, according to a new study. Skilled ...

ELKINS – Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center officials announced plans Wednesday to transition its designation from an acute ...

Starting January 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) – a mandatory five-year initiative designed to improve ...

Apr. 13—Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hospitals in this state have been unable to solve the problem of boarding, which extends stays for patients due to the lack of post-release services.

Two southwestern Ontario hospitals are laying off more than 50 personal support workers (PSW) in their acute care departments ...

Hospitals in R.I. regularly operate near capacity, an advisor in the Patient Experience department at Kent Hospital notes.

EAST NORRITON — Changes will soon rock Suburban Community Hospital as the medical facility plans to cease a majority of services and open a 15-bed behavioral health unit. The decision made by the ...