Whitepapers

Improving Patient Outcomes through Postdischarge Virtual Care

By Sean Robert Muldoon, MD, MPH, FCCP
Virtual care isn’t just about chatting with a healthcare provider by phone or smartphone. Rather, it’s all the ways that healthcare providers and patients interact — telemedicine, live video, audio, instant messaging, checking in with patients after discharge and more. How can you use these tools to the best advantage for your patients?

This supplement is sponsored by Kindred Healthcare.

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Tips on How to Recognize Patient Needs Post-Acute Care

By Sean Robert Muldoon, MD, MPH, FCCP 
Long-term care providers care for patients with the most difficult-to-treat critical illnesses and medical complexities. Many of these patients have respiratory failure, septicemia, traumatic injuries, or wounds, as well as multiple chronic conditions. This month’s sponsored whitepaper is “Tips on How to Recognize Patient Needs Post-Acute Care,” supported through a grant by Kindred Healthcare. Choosing the right long-term care facility is difficult. Author Sean Muldoon provides tips on choosing a facility when you’ve determined the patient needs long-term care.

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