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Left behind: Why small-town Americans are waiting longer for healthcare
- A woman with late-stage cancer in a nursing home experienced delayed pain management due to incomplete hospice paperwork and lack of advance directives before transfer.
- In 2023, only about one-third of rural hospitals efficiently manage digital patient record transfers across care settings.
- Without automated digital exchange, hospitals and receiving facilities rely on slower methods like phone calls and paper packets, delaying critical information transfer.
- More than half of post-acute care facilities receive vital patient records only after patients have arrived, and nurses spend about 43 minutes per 12-hour shift searching for needed information or resources.
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Left behind: Why small-town Americans are waiting longer for healthcare - Stateline Publications
Left behind: Why small-town Americans are waiting longer for healthcareSomewhere in America, a woman with a late-stage cancer diagnosis is sitting in a nursing home on a Friday afternoon. She has chosen to stop active treatment. All she wants now is comfort, seamless pain relief, and the dignity of a gentle, supported care plan.The skilled nursing facility produced a thick paper packet of discharge information. But missing from that package is t…
·Iowa, United States
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Total News Sources49
Leaning Left5Leaning Right12Center18Last UpdatedBias Distribution52% Center
Bias Distribution
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