Skilled Nursing News July 10, 2024
Specialized clinical programs at nursing homes, tailored to specific patient populations, are gaining popularity. Their success and longevity depend on forging close partnerships with local hospitals to address gaps in care – a feature that is also expected to alleviate backlogs at hospitals.
In creating strong clinical programs at SNFs, hospitals – can and do – provide invaluable insight into clinical metrics that are important to them, experts who spoke to Skilled Nursing News said. However, they urge starting out small, one facility at a time.
“We are really dependent on our business development teams who are in the local markets to be getting that feedback from the hospitals based on their data, what types of residents or patients...