Allevant Solutions shares over 10 years of insights into rural post-acute care patient outcomes

Allevant Solutions shares over 10 years of insights into rural post-acute care patient outcomes 
PR Newswire, Mechanicsburg, PA; by Allevant Solutions, LLC; 1/13/25 
Allevant Solutions, LLC shared key insights from its experience over a 10-year period showing that partnerships between larger acute care hospitals and rural critical access hospitals (CAHs) for post-acute care benefit patients, health care teams and hospitals. The aggregate, de-identified data reflects patient outcomes from over 100 CAHs across 24 states, specifically around the utilization of the swing bed concept – which Allevant calls Transitional Care.  A swing bed is the federal government's term for a patient bed in a small, rural critical access hospital that can be used for acute or post-acute care after a hospital stay.  Rural patients who have to leave their community for higher levels of care often have difficulty finding high-quality, continuing care when they are ready to return.