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Telemonitoring Can Be Embedded Successfully in Nurse-Led Care Model
Smartphone-based systems can be used to monitor patients with complex chronic conditions, especially when case managers or other clinicians follow up with occasional phone calls, investigators found. -
Managing Staff Shortages and Improving Collaboration in Case Management
As the issue of staffing needs in the case management world — and the medical field at large — continues, many systems are considering how they can make the most of a difficult situation. -
Collaborations Between Healthcare, Schools, and Community Organizations Can Help Families
Healthcare organizations can help improve community health by promoting the mental and physical health of children. Partnerships with schools and community-based organizations can help. -
FQHC Program Created Innovative Partnership with Other Organizations
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to care for an elder. With this philosophy in mind, a community health center in California has partnered with various local organizations to better serve its growing elderly patient population.
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New SBAR Method Improves Handoffs in Texas Hospital
A nursing team at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio developed a new process for handing off patients from the ED to a telemetry unit that improved patient care and decreased the number of rapid responses for recent transfers.
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Mnemonics Can Help Organize Handoffs
A simple tool for improving patient safety and care handoffs is to use mnemonics. In case management, these can be a tool for remembering specific actions with patients and care transitions.
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Virtual Diabetes Boot Camp Helps Patients Improve
Research shows a multidisciplinary team, including telehealth members, can create a virtual diabetes program that helps patients improve their health.
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A Simple, Color-Coded, Illustrated COPD Action Plan Simplifies Symptom Care
Case managers working with COPD patients could benefit from sharing a simplified, color-coded action plan.
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Telemonitoring Can Be Embedded Successfully in Nurse-Led Care Model
Clinicians can adopt telemonitoring in everyday practice, using smartphone-based systems to monitor patients with complex chronic conditions, researchers found.
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Managing Staff Shortages and Improving Collaboration in Case Management
As the issue of staffing needs in the case management world — and the medical field at large — continues, many systems are considering how they can make the most of a difficult situation. While those problems seem to be multiplying during what many are calling “The Great Resignation” or “The Great Resettlement,” leaders like Therese Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Brian Pisarsky, RN, MHA, ACM, both senior vice presidents at Kaufman Hall, are addressing the issues strategically.