Inpatient care is treatment you get when you stay in a hospital overnight. With outpatient care or procedures, you go home the same day. You get inpatient care when you've been formally admitted to a ...

Two reports by U.S. investigators reveal how Medicare Advantage is quick to reject requests for short-term nursing home or ...

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, ...

Many hospitals are rethinking how they staff inpatient care. An increasing number are turning to virtual hospitalists to handle admissions, rounding and discharges – all done remotely. Staffing ...

Certain programs designed to keep patients out of the hospital are safe for some acute conditions, research shows. Several methods designed to keep patients out of the hospital are safe, according to ...

When your loved one’s care requirements exceed what can be safely managed at home, it might be time to consider specialized care in a facility. Here are some key considerations. Navigating the ...

Fewer than one in four people with stroke and fewer than one in seven people with traumatic brain injury receive inpatient ...

Digital innovations in palliative care during COVID-19 have changed how hospitalized patients receive palliative care. We propose an approach to implement new models at scale. As the number of ...