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Bullying entrenched, but more speaking out
As outlined by a nursing leader and work culture expert, bullying is a major reason 60% of new nurses quit their first job within six months.
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Healthcare violence now a public health issue
It’s time to view violence against healthcare workers as a public health problem, not just another in a long list of occupational hazards, says the lead author of new study on the issue.
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Report: Train sitters upon hire, and annually
A report by a hospital security association created guidelines for the health and safety of healthcare sitters and patients.
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Patient sitters’ disturbing, firsthand encounters
A recently published study that included numerous focus groups and interviews with healthcare “sitters” documented a number of firsthand accounts of disturbing and violent patient encounters.
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Patient ‘sitters’ at high risk of violence, physical threats
A landmark new study found that 76% of patient sitters experienced at least one event of patient threats and violence in the prior year.
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Central IRB Established for Precision Medicine Initiative Study
The Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program now has a central IRB, and will soon begin a pilot program for enrolling participants.
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Utilization review process calls for assessing patients at every point of entry
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, reviews every patient at every point of access to make sure that they are placed in the correct status.
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Hospitals push back against reimbursement cuts due to Two-Midnight rule
Hospitals across the country have filed lawsuits challenging the decision by CMS to reduce Medicare reimbursement by 0.2% to compensate for the financial effect of the Two-Midnight rule.
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Case management’s role in the new proposed bundled payment program
As we have discussed in prior editions of Case Management Insider, the 2010 Affordable Care Act was a game changer for the healthcare system. The payment reforms it introduced began the process of requiring health systems to communicate across the continuum of care and to reduce and/or eliminate existing silos. This across-the-continuum integration required sharing of accountability for cost and quality of care among providers.
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Ensure that services observation patients receive are necessary and timely
The move by CMS to change the payment methodology for patients receiving observation services means it’s more important than ever for case managers to ensure that patients receive the services they need in a timely manner and that they receive only the care they need while they are in an acute care setting, says Amy M. Smith, RN, MSN, CCM, director of case management at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a 421-bed academic medical center in Lebanon, NH.