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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

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It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. By avoiding hospitalizations through better preventative care, fewer people will need acute care — including people who are currently in skilled nursing facilities, home health, long-term care, and inpatient rehabilitation.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

Relias

It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. By avoiding hospitalizations through better preventative care, fewer people will need acute care — including people who are currently in skilled nursing facilities, home health, long-term care, and inpatient rehabilitation.

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Celebrate National Nurses Week — and Read Our Nurse Salary and Job Satisfaction Report

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Nurses make the difference in health care Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system, providing essential services to patients across the continuum of care. They are involved in every aspect of health care — from prevention and education to diagnosis and treatment, to recovery and rehabilitation.

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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

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Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality , about 2.5 billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01 billion to $11.6

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‘Free and impartial’ addiction helplines paid secret commission by rehabs

The Guardian

Advertising regulator reprimands services that claim to offer unbiased advice but then direct people to partner facilities Helplines that claim to offer free and impartial addiction support have been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog for hiding the fact they are paid thousands in commission by private rehabilitation clinics.

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Post-Acute Care Training Promotes Employees as an Asset

Relias

For PAC organizations, the most important results of employee training include improving standards for clinical practice, clinical competency, and program or service outcomes. In fact, employers who engage in employee development usually experience an increase in sales and profits.

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

Relias

The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. By arming your care teams with the latest clinical and technical skills and world-class soft skills, you will better prepare them to adapt as needed to meet patients’ future healthcare needs.

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