Patients with complex needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, functional limitations, or homebound status, often face major challenges in accessing care. Home-based primary care, the ...

A growing number of patients and providers are heralding the benefits of bringing hospital care into private homes — but a lack of permanent federal funding could put such programs at risk. The shift ...

Hospital programs providing at-home acute care are widely appreciated by patients and clinicians but still don’t have a bulletproof argument in respect to quality and costs as compared to a ...

As the healthcare system faces a looming crisis with potential hospital bed shortages by 2032 and an aging population driving increasingly complex medical needs, the traditional model of emergency ...

An estimated 90% of patients receiving home health care have at least one discrepancy between their medication lists and what they're actually taking—making it more likely they will end up in the ...

Glenn Lemon, 63, was discharged from Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital, where his right big toe was amputated and he was treated for everything from congestive heart failure to high blood ...

A while back, Robert Diegelmann completed a 10-day hospital visit — in the comfort of his home. The 81-year-old was being treated for a recurring infection at VCU Medical Center’s hospital in Richmond ...

David and Marcia Elder packed their bags anticipating a month-long stay at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., when David went in for a bone-marrow transplant in late February, as part of his ...

Access to respite services for family caregivers increases a palliative care patient's probability of dying at home almost threefold, according to a McGill University-led study. Previous surveys ...

CHARLOTTE — Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital has launched a new program that would allow its patients to receive treatment at home. The first of its kind program, which officially began ...

A new study revealed that of the Medicaid beneficiaries who were recently diagnosed with cancer, one in seven (14%) received care at a nursing home, and more than half of these individuals were using ...