People with dementia receiving home health care visits are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital when there is consistency in nursing staff, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent study investigating the reliability of a continuity of care quality measure found that it “meets or ...

(TNS) — The COVID-19 crisis has painfully highlighted the shortcomings of an almost absolute reliance on face-to-face medicine. Timely interactions between patient and doctor foster a long-term ...

Continuity of care represents the ongoing, trusting relationship between patients and their primary care providers, forming the cornerstone of effective healthcare systems. This model aims to ...

Although shortfalls in continuity were well described prior to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the pandemic has created an opportunity to augment this critical component of care delivery, with ...

Researchers have found that Medicare recipients transitioning from outpatient to hospital settings were more likely to experience lapses in continuity of care in 2006 than 1996. Part of the reduction ...

My association administers a long-term care foundation that has given over $1 million in scholarships to workers in New Hampshire long-term care facilities looking to pursue their dreams. Put another ...

Continuity of Care is where the patient attends the same GP practice and is cared for by the same group of staff, GPs, nurses ...

Higher continuity of care was statistically significant and was associated with fewer ambulatory care–sensitive condition hospitalizations. Objectives: Continuity of care (COC) is a core element of ...

Researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at the University of Bristol have launched a new ‘Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator’ to help general practices measure their continuity ...