Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is expanding its home healthcare options to offer primary care, palliative care and other hospital services, the health system announced March 11.
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Hundreds of nursing homes in rural America have closed in the last decade, forcing some residents to relocate to facilities farther away from their families and homes, reports The New York Times.
A survey of Colorado home healthcare clinicians found major gaps in communication between hospitals and home healthcare staff, including some that could lead to significant medical consequences, researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
Several residents at Lakewood, N.J.-based Fountain View Care Center were treated for scabies this month, according to NJ.com.
Minnesota Sen. Karin Housley, R-39th district, is pushing a bill that would allow cameras in patient rooms at nursing homes and other care facilities, reports Fox 9.
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Four state-run nursing homes and assisted living centers across Nebraska are set to close, reports News Channel Nebraska.
The home health sector is a vital - yet often overlooked - segment of our national healthcare system. While in past decades, it may have been common practice to keep patients in the hospital for days or even weeks after…
An Omaha, Neb., hospital has apologized after making an important care decision about a 92-year-old dementia patient without the consent of his family, NBC-affiliate TV station WOWT reported.
Hawaii is the top-ranked state for nursing home care, according to an analysis by Care.com.
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