Researchers studied 851 adults hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes or acute decompensated heart failure at two tertiary care academic hospitals. A randomized group of patients received ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a free, downloadable medications at transitions and clinical handoffs toolkit for medication reconciliation. Medication reconciliation is a ...

Background: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they ...

On average, home health patients take 13 medications, and the average time to manually input the required information about a single medication is 1.5 minutes. This means that for the average patient, ...

Nov. 12, 2004 — Editor's Note: Some of the most high-profile medical errors occurring at the nation's prestigious medical institutions have involved adverse drug events, in which patients receive an ...

Tech-enabled service helps skilled nursing facilities fulfill CMS’ MDS updates linked to reimbursement, ensuring high-quality care and optimizing PDPM payments Our solution augments teams and ...

Inpatient joint replacement procedures can place a significant financial strain on health systems, so much so that Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the process of piloting a mandatory ...

WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, today announced the availability of WellSky Extract for Home Health, a powerful new tool that uses Artificial Intelligence ...