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The residents of long-term care facilities too often end up transferred back to the hospital. These rehospitalizations are expensive, disruptive and disorienting.

Healthcare faces a skills shortage negatively impacting hospital readmits. Learn how to empower a clinical team with artificial intelligence in long-term care.

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by Leanna Poston, MD

It should come as no surprise that 94% of skilled nursing facilities surveyed by the American Health Care Association reported staffing shortages, with 73% reporting that the situation is worse than it was in 2020.

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by Kim Biegasiewicz, Chief Nursing Officer, Avante Group

At Avante, like many skilled nursing facilities, we monitor our return to hospitalization rates and look for ways to reduce these events.

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There’s a good reason to be concerned about rehospitalizations – the cost is considerable for the national healthcare system, providers, and for the patients who bounce back to the hospital from a nursing home.

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Medical care is fraught with uncertainty, especially during times of transition. Patients bear medical, mental, emotional, psychological, and financial burdens when they are readmitted shortly after being discharged from the hospital.

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by Leann Poston, M.D.

Documentation, or the act of taking concise and accurate notes about your patient's health and daily care, is probably not everyone's favorite aspect of patient care.

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by Leann Poston, M.D.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) leads to more hospitalizations and readmissions than either pneumonia or heart attacks and CHF is estimated to be the primary diagnosis for one-quarter of patients in skilled nursing facilities.