A letter sent to practices last week, seen by Pulse, said GPs had started receiving ‘historic discharge summaries ... on this work “for the good of the patient,” but we strongly maintain that general ...

Though I am a physician and spent many hours, in my training, covering the intensive care unit, I was unaware of a new European practice in which nurses write a daily narrative about an incapacitated ...

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In 2015, Scotland’s then Health Secretary Shona Robison vowed to make delayed discharge a thing of the past. Mr Carson added: “Far too many patients are stuck for far too long in hospitals in ...

This article examines the ethical and professional implications of discharge AMA. Clearly, discharges AMA are problematic for patients, stressful for physicians, and resource intensive for health ...

About 30 per cent of patients who require hospital admission are still waiting in emergency eight hours after arrival, according to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Long wait ...

Cleveland Clinic's main campus launched a program that provides proper clothing to patients at discharge. The "Discharge with Dignity" program was inspired by a similar program at the system's ...

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As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, I treat patients in the hospital and private practice. I’m seeing a concerning trend of patients, covered by MaineCare, who cannot find a dental provider.