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Turn that Little Black Book into a Comprehensive Database
With payers’ increasing emphasis on costs over the entire episode of care, case managers need to expand their address books to add resources throughout the community.
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Start Now to Identify Gaps in Transitions Before the Hospital is at Risk
Even if your hospital has little or no financial risk for what happens to patients after treatment in an acute care setting, case managers should connect with community organizations that provide the types of resources your patients need.
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Going ‘Beyond the Hospital Walls’ May Be Further than You Thought
With new initiatives that put hospitals at risk for what happens to patients for as long as 90 days after discharge, case managers need to look at resources in the community when creating a discharge plan.
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Restraint and Seclusion Made Easy
Does your hospital have what it takes to comply with current guidelines and standards? -
Acute STEMI or False Alarm?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients; comparing ticagrelor against aspirin in stroke patients; and weighing the many type 2 diabetes treatments.
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Lifitegrast Ophthalmic Solution (Xiidra)
Lifitegrast is approved for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.
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Which Patients with TIA Are at High Risk for Recurrent Cerebral Vascular Events?
The objective of this study was to determine predictors of early recurrent cerebral vascular events among patients with transient ischemic attacks or minor stroke.
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Predictive Accuracy of the New Risk Equation
In a large real-world population, the Pooled Cohort Risk Equation substantially overestimated five-year risk of cardiovascular events in adults without diabetes.
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Improving Blood Pressure Through Enhanced Sleep
The use of a benzodiazepine hypnotic among hypertensive patients was associated with improvements in both sleep scores and blood pressure.