Posted Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Discharge planning can be a difficult process, particularly for patients with multiple chronic conditions. Transitions between health care settings are a vulnerable time for patients, and more effective handoffs are a growing priority for referral partners, according to Lissy Hu, president of connected networks for CarePort, a WellSky company.
“Hospitals are focusing a lot more now on these care transitions into home-based settings, because there’s been an increase in the number of referrals,” Hu told hospice News. “Also, they’re having issues with capacity and length of stay, so they’re looking to streamline these transitions as much as they can. Because part of getting more patients to the hospital and turning over their beds is being able to find a provider that can take on that patient.”
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