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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

WITH PATIENT ACUITY levels rising in hospitals, it makes sense that the patients being discharged to SNFs are likewise increasingly complex. “We developed our own program to follow patients into SNFs,” Mr. Nieukirk explains, Puzzle Healthcare follows every single patient who is discharged from an OSF hospital to a SNF.

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HHS Eliminates CDC Staff Who Made Sure Birth Control Is Safe for Women at Risk

Physician's Weekly

” She eventually went to the hospital, where she was told she was “in full-blown heart failure,” she said. The CDC information “is the final say in safety,” said Patty Cason, a family nurse practitioner and president of Envision Sexual and Reproductive Health.