The UMHS Sub-Acute Care Service — which coordinates care between the hospital and nursing homes — has proven a successful model of providing safe transitions for hospitalized patients. The average length of stay at UMHS before transfer to a skilled nursing facility dropped from 10.6 days to eight days, and hospital inpatient stays for patients in the program were reduced by nearly 2,908 days a year.
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