Background Demographic changes are taking place in most industrialized countries.
Geriatric patients are defined by the European Union of Medical Specialists as aged over 65 …

Background Virtual wards are being rapidly developed within the National Health Service in
the UK, and frailty is one of the first clinical pathways. Virtual wards for older people and …

Factors driving healthcare transformation include fragmentation, access problems,
unsustainable costs, suboptimal outcomes, and disparities. Cost and quality concerns along …

Risk sharing arrangements between hospitals and payers together with penalties imposed
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) are driving an interest in decreasing early …

Aims Machine learning (ML) is widely believed to be able to learn complex hidden
interactions from the data and has the potential in predicting events such as heart failure …

The UK has recorded one of the highest death rates associated with COVID-19 globally,
whether measured as deaths that are directly attributable to COVID-19 or by excess …

Increasing pressure on limited healthcare resources has necessitated the development of
measures promoting early discharge and avoiding inappropriate hospital (re) admission …

Objectives To identify and synthesise available evidence on the impact of transitional care
interventions with both predischarge and postdischarge elements on readmission rates in …

Frail older adults are vulnerable to hospitalization and transitional care is needed to
maintain care continuity; however, there exists no review regarding transitional care …

This brief analyzes experts' reviews of evidence about care models designed to improve
outcomes and reduce costs for patients with complex needs. It finds that successful models …