Planning a patient’s discharge the day they are admitted is important — but not enough to fix the complex bottlenecks that slow hospital throughput and lead to emergency department boarding. These ...

(UPDATED) Individuals who leave the hospital against medical advice following PCI are more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than patients discharged home by physicians, and the most common ...

As COVID-19 cases have occurred in all 50 states, it is not surprising that infections already have been documented in correctional facilities. Incarcerated populations are at elevated risk of adverse ...

A new review of existing practice and policy, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has highlighted the need to improve hospital doctors' understanding of how GPs operate as "expert ...

In this episode of PT Health Watch, PREMIUM TIMES spoke with a medical doctor, Happiness Akinde, who explained that while ...

Background: Adverse events (AEs) are adverse outcomes caused by medical care. Several studies have indicated that a substantial number of patients experience AEs before or during hospitalization.

Certain factors, including mental illness, race, low income and being uninsured, were associated with a heightened risk for deciding to leave the hospital against the advice of a health care provider, ...

An SAS sniper facing a retrial on gun charges is to be medically discharged from the Army, it was confirmed today. The Army had agreed that Sergeant Danny Nightingale can be medically discharged, his ...