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acute care

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acute care
n.
Short-term medical treatment, usually in a hospital, for patients having an acute illness or injury or recovering from surgery.
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Acute care includes inpatient surgery, observation and intensive care.
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Nationally recognized long term acute care organizer David LeBlanc announced he has launched Ethic Healthcare, a new network of hospitals for rehabilitative and long term acute care-complex patients.
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Flannery: "Case managers from the acute care hospital make contact with post-acute care case managers at the point where patients differ from the clinical pathways.
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