This approach helps older adults avoid frequent, time-consuming, costly, and perhaps most importantly, unwanted acute care use,” said Manali Patel, MD.

Medical professionals say saving a leg could also save your life. Members of the Florida-based non-profit group “Save a Leg, Save a Life Foundation,” held a screening ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - UC Health is closing the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care by the end of September. It said that the aging building and services are creating too many financial challenges.

7 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK ...

Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of ... or furosemide for hepatic capsular distension in acute heart failure). In addition, it is reasonable to consider ...

There is nothing better than having acute observational skills, knowing your animals and then following up with treatment or ...

Methods Retrospective case record reviews of 1000 adults who died in 2009 in 10 acute hospitals in England were undertaken. Trained physician reviewers estimated life expectancy on admission, to ...

Advanced Practice Nurses with a Flight Specialty utilize ground and aeromedical transport services to provide high quality acute, critical and emergent care to patients. While inter-facility transfers ...

Going forward, the health system plans to expand virtual nursing services into transitional care and chronic disease management in the post-acute and ambulatory spaces, Godino explained.

A manufacturer of flexible packaging and laminating films has been handed a five-figure fine after a worker lost part of his finger after becoming tangled in machinery. The incident took place at St ...

Patient engagement in transitional care is an important example of encouraging patient activation as a component of a larger multifaceted approach to safely move patients out of an acute care setting, ...

"It's such an amputation. It's like the other guys were saying, you grow up with these people, they are your flesh and blood, they’re with you forever, and then they’re gone," Earl Spencer said.