The beneficial effects of multidisciplinary disease management programs have been demonstrated. The present study investigated the effects of a policy-driven, health insurance–reimbursed, heart failure (HF) post-acute care (PAC) program on mortality, health care service utilization, and readmission expense...
Over the past decade, US nursing home workforce experienced considerable growth among advanced practitioners (APs), particularly nurse practitioners. We measured the association between workforce composition and rehospitalization from post-acute care in the nursing home.
Green House and other small nursing home (NH) models are considered “nontraditional” due to their size (10–12 beds), universal caregivers, and other home-like features. They have garnered great interest regarding their potential benefit to limit Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections due to fewer p...
To describe nurse hand hygiene practices in the home health care (HHC) setting, nurse adherence to hand hygiene guidelines, and factors associated with hand hygiene opportunities during home care visits.