Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent study investigating the reliability of a continuity of care quality measure found that it “meets or ...

As cost containment becomes increasingly important in healthcare, the findings of a recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine on the impacts of continuity of care could have an impact on how ...

Seniors that consistently see the same physician in an outpatient setting are more likely to avoid an emergency room visit, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Using ...

It is difficult to define continuity of care or study its impact on health outcomes. This study took place in three stages. In stage I we conducted qualitative research with patients, their close ...

A new study challenges conventional thought regarding the benefits of continuity in nursing care within intensive care units (ICUs). The researchers found that increased nurse continuity was not ...

People with dementia receiving home health care visits are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital when there is consistency in nursing staff, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory ...

Greater continuity in primary care could reduce hospital admissions and lower costs, according to a new British study. The research, which was published in The BMJ, divided more than 230,000 patients ...

Continuity of care is widely regarded as an important marker of quality in the management of patients with long-term conditions. New services that integrate telemonitoring into care pathways have ...

A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing, published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, challenges conventional thought regarding the benefits of continuity in nursing care within ...