Programs that seek to lower hospital admissions rates may also reduce readmissions, even though patients in communities adopting the programs tend to be sicker when hospitalized, according to a recent ...

Retrospective analysis among 1418 patients with haematologic malignancies seen at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute between 2007 and 2014. We analysed physician–patient agreement of Eastern Cooperative ...

Downgrades of short inpatient stays to observation status by recovery audit contractors can lead to big losses in reimbursement. This is forcing hospitals to look more closely at their patient-status ...

Using Music as a Tool for Distress Reduction During Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment Future work should aim to improve patient adherence to remote patient-reported outcome and activity data collection ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People on Medicare who spend one or two nights in the hospital are finding out, and often too late, that they weren’t really “admitted” to the hospital. This can be a ...

In Canada, low-income hospital patients under palliative care are less likely to receive medical assistance in dying compared to those who are high income, according to a study published in British ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Carol Leaman had every reason to believe she had been admitted to a local hospital while having difficulty breathing. But when the 78-year-old Lakewood resident got her hospital bill ...

When pharmaceutical companies first introduced patient support services two decades ago, they were a rational response to an irrational system. Patients needed help navigating rebate-driven ...

Performance status (PS) is assessed during cancer treatment to determine clinical trial eligibility, appropriateness for treatment, and need for supportive care. There is rising interest for patients ...

Psoriasis status from time of diagnosis to initiation of current treatment was less favorable for patients with mild psoriasis compared with moderate psoriasis, according to one study. A recent poster ...