AI-Powered Monitoring Gains Traction in Nursing Homes Amid Staffing Shortages and Higher Acuity

Nursing homes are implementing clinical tech, especially AI, to support staffing.The trend could signal a broader shift as nursing homes pursue tech-enabled care coordination to remain competitive and meet increasing acuity demands. Operators see the practice as a way to strengthen partnerships, especially with hospitals, in turn aiding in referrals. But, tight margins tied to […]

OSF, Good Samaritan Execs: Improving Metrics Are the Glue Binding Nursing Home-Hospital Relationships

Nursing homes and hospitals are developing closer ties and improving communication, and with this trend, admissions into nursing homes are expected to increase as rehospitalizations and excessive lengths of stay are also seen as declining. With rising acuity and staffing shortages of recent years, nursing homes have often been reluctant in admitting challenging cases that […]

‘Extraordinary Achievement’: Care Transition Program in Nursing Homes Reduced Hospital Readmission Rates by 20%

Despite operational and financial headwinds affecting the nursing home sector currently, a transitional care program and physiatry partnership has been able to cut readmission rates from 29% to 9% among a group of facilities. OSF HealthCare, a 17-hospital system in Illinois and Michigan, partnered with physiatry and care coordination management group Puzzle Healthcare to deliver […]