The Supreme Court said hospitals sometimes resort to such discharges when curative treatment is no longer possible ...

The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the routine hospital practice of discharging patients “against medical advice” ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Upon hospital discharge, most patients were not informed about “red-flag” signs and symptoms. Of patients who ...

Impact and cost-effectiveness of synergy between embedded palliative care and quality improvement teams on EOL quality metrics and resources utilization in a community-based oncology practice.

This week, the California Hospital Association sued Anthem Blue Cross, the state’s largest health insurance company, alleging that the health care giant takes far too long to approve placement in ...

Growing evidence and evolving practice patterns are reshaping postprocedure care for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Once considered standard to observe overnight, many ...

When ASC Durango (Colo.) tracked its PACU times and found some patients were staying longer than four hours, the surgery center concluded that one of the contributing factors was a lack of an accurate ...