The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for improving patient safety for children who are directly admitted into a hospital without first receiving care through an emergency ...
The reduced availability of sophisticated tests and proceduresin hospitals on weekends (the so-called "weekend effect") delayscare. Addressing this problem requires hospital managers to balancethe ...
The Pembroke Regional Hospital (PRH) has introduced a new referral pathway that allows primary care providers to directly ...
In the post-pandemic world, hospital staffing has become a moving target. Costs have soared for many facilities, forcing them to stretch their resources to match fluctuating demand. Add in frequent ...
Almost half of unplanned pediatric admissions result from general or neurosurgery procedures, according to a study reported by Family Practice News. For the study, researchers analyzed data from ...
A plan to phase out a list of procedures that can be performed only on an inpatient basis has major implications for skilled nursing coverage post-surgery, a major aging services advocacy group is ...
The researchers found that RSV vaccination was 82.3% effective in protecting against hospital admission for participants with ...