A meeting with a nurse practitioner prior to discharge could improve communication between hospital staff and primary care providers, easing the transition after hospitalization and improving patient ...

Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges which ...

PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2023) – Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care ...

Here's a number that tells you a lot about what's wrong with the American health care system: When older patients get discharged from a hospital, 1 out of 5 of them will go right back within a month.

Senior woman in wheelchair with nurse behind her NP-led transition team for nursing home patients, melatonin for delirium, and chronically ventilated patients avoid COVID-19. These are just 3 of the ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing PATH (Providing Access to Healthcare) and HRTSA (Heart FailuRe Transitional Care Services for Adults) Clinics have jointly received the 2020 ...

What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. The ...

A unique collaboration supported by regional philanthropists is providing access to palliative medicine designed to manage burdensome symptoms and enhance quality of life for people living with ...

The state Assembly on Monday passed a bill that would expand nurse practitioners’ responsibility in evaluating patients and allow some to provide primary care. Authored by North Coast Assemblymember ...