Acute Care

Bridging the Gap Between Hospital Discharge and Daily Life: How In-Home Senior Care Improves Outcomes and Reduces Readmissions

As hospitals across the U.S. shorten length of stay and push more recovery into the home, families are increasingly left to manage complex care needs without formal training or support. Roughly one in five patients with chronic conditions like COPD or congestive heart failure is readmitted within 30 days—a cycle that costs the healthcare…

Advancing Rehabilitative Care Through Global Practice Standards and Credentialing – Live from ICN

Broadcasting from the 2025 International Council of Nurses Congress in Helsinki, host Lea Sims welcomes two inspiring Jamaican nurses—Andrea Christie, MSc, BSN, ENLAC, RM, RN, JP, and Karlene Miller, RN—to discuss the vital but often overlooked specialty of rehabilitative nursing. With decades of combined experience in rehabilitation and midwifery, both guests offer an impassioned…

Understanding Virtual Care for the Acute Setting: Driving Access, Efficiency, and Better Patient Outcomes

Hospitals are using remote care technology to ease staff strain while reducing unnecessary admissions and improving emergency outcomes

Enhancing Patient-Centered Home Health Care Through Proactive Communication and Data Sharing

Hospitals and home health agencies that prioritize discharge coordination can cut readmissions by addressing the 27% gap caused by communication breakdowns

Value-Based Care is Reshaping Patient Outcomes and Healthcare

Providers are discovering that prioritizing outcomes over service volume fundamentally transforms how they deliver care and measure success