There’s a dizzying array of childhood programs, schools and child-care options — all with slightly different names and definitions — which can be confusing to parents trying to make decisions about ...

California finally rolled out free preschool for all 4-year-olds in the 2025-26 school year, after more than a decade of expanding what the state calls transitional kindergarten. Many advocates hoped ...

Nurses and the nursing profession have long been known for innovation, from the founder of modern-day nursing Florence Nightingale and her innovations in sanitation reform and formal nursing education ...

As agents of innovative health care for the future, our role is clear in paving the path of collaborative efforts within the patient care continuum. Transitional Care Management (TCM) is certainly not ...

A transitional care practice at Northwestern Memorial Hospital helped reduce healthcare costs compared to traditional discharge services, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the ...

When Michael Roy boarded a flight to Philadelphia on Oct. 19 with nurse navigator Sharon Blackwell to return to his family, it marked the end of the darkest period of his life. It was the most ...

A telephonic transitional care program at a rural hospital reduced postdischarge Medicare spending by 31% and reduced inpatient spending for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. Objectives: To ...

Governor Gavin Newsom proposed the transitional kindergarten, or TK, expansion last month, and state legislators included the estimated $2.7 billion it’ll take to run the program each year in the ...

A unique collaboration supported by regional philanthropists is providing access to palliative medicine designed to manage burdensome symptoms and enhance quality of life for people living with ...