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Avoiding readmissions, IHPME graduate studies ways to keep patients from coming back to hospitals

June 6, 2019

By Rebecca Biason Working as a general internist on busy hospital wards, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw was struck by how many patients were returning to hospital after being discharged. Some were experiencing adverse effects from their medication, while others, who had been… Read more about Avoiding readmissions, IHPME graduate studies ways to keep patients from coming back to hospitals

From Community-based to Acute Care: The Shifting Targets of the Aging At Home Strategy

August 13, 2018

Many seniors who have chronic conditions do not require acute care attention, and in order to keep them out of hospital and in their own homes, community care programs have popped up across the province to better support their needs.… Read more about From Community-based to Acute Care: The Shifting Targets of the Aging At Home Strategy