ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. As a result of the survey, the ASC has identified areas to target for improvement. One such area was education ...

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Children’s Hospital Boston found patients and their families often have a poor understanding of discharge instructions after leaving the ...

Concerned about how many of your patients end up readmitted to the hospital? Difficult-to-understand discharge instructions may be a top area to examine. A recent study published in the American ...

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has launched CipherHealth’s new patient discharge solution Echo. Echo is designed to improve patient comprehension of and compliance with hospital ...

As King Charles and Princess of Wales Kate Middleton undergo cancer treatment, no doubt they each have a team of physicians and employees paying careful attention to every instruction their care team ...

You’ve got a post-acute patient getting ready to return to the community. You feel you are prepared. After all, you have created written discharge instructions for most common post-acute admission ...