Background: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust had no common instrument to assess function throughout the trust. Aim: To compare three functional assessment tools, and provide evidence of ...

Bringing a child home from psychiatric hospitalization is a positive step, but it can also bring about feelings of anxiety around ensuring your child’s well-being. The doctors have determined that ...

In our latest Spotlight on local innovation blog, Dr John Day, consultant in general medicine, infectious and tropical ...

CMS has revised guidelines for the discharge planning condition of participation in the State Operations Manual. The revisions show the consolidation of 24 previous discharge planning tags into ...

Discharge planning is fraught with pitfalls for hospitals, according to a new report, but effective communication and adaptability can help providers avoid them. The United Hospital Fund, a New ...

The Trump administration issued a long-awaited final rule on how hospitals must handle discharge planning, introducing new requirements on records access. The rule released on Thursday by the Centers ...