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April 28, 2022

Ben Sawyer in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: How to ease workforce disruption by streamlining post-acute transitions

“Amidst the media coverage of the U.S. hospital staffing shortage crisis, less often reported is the disruption outside hospitals – namely post-acute care (PAC) facilities. Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, long-term care centers and assisted living facilities are facing an even more dire workforce disruption than their acute care counterparts.

 

When hospitals struggle to promptly discharge and transfer patients, it can trigger unfortunate consequences across the broader industry.”

 

Read the full article at mcknights.com

 

About McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News is a business news magazine serving the institutional long-term care field.

Ben Sawyer, MBA, PT, OCS, LBB, VP of Market Development at ABOUT