News Report | September 24, 2017
Hospitals Not Providing Skilled Nursing Facility Quality-Of-Care Data On Consumer Discharge
Hospitals are not providing consumers quality-of-care data about skilled nursing facilities (SNF) when they are discharged. Furthermore, most consumers claimed that they received only lists of SNFs from staff members, and not information regarding quality of care of the facilities, or where they can obtain additional information about each facility.
These findings were reported in “Patients Are Not Given Quality-Of-Care Data About Skilled Nursing Facilities When Discharged From Hospitals” by Denise A. Tyler, Ph.D.; Emily A. Gadbois, Ph.D.; John P. McHugh, Ph.D.; Renée R. Shield, Ph.D.; Ulrika Winblad, Ph.D.; and . . .