According to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), the number of rural hospital closures has risen to 87 in the last 8 years. In addition, iVantage’s 2017 Rural Relevance Study reports that 41 percent of rural hospitals operate at a negative … Read More
Monthly Archives: August 2018
The Power of Partnership: Visiting Nurses and Virtual Care
Home health agencies are in a highly competitive situation as they seek to retain existing and attain additional professional referral sources. Successful agencies acknowledge the importance of key metrics such as readmission rates and customer satisfaction/service ratings while their core … Read More
Expanding the Reach of Community Health Centers with Virtual Care
This week (August 12-18, 2018) is National Health Center Week. Featuring the theme of “Celebrating Health Centers: Home of America’s Health Care Heroes,” this year’s annual celebration is designed to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health … Read More
Managing Turning Points in the Transition of Care
Transitional care encompasses a broad range of services and environments designed to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of health care and across care settings, as well as across health states and between providers. The care … Read More