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Care Transition Program Shows Success with Long-Term Outcomes
A hospital’s Care Transitions Clinical Coordinators program provides patients and caregivers with care transition support. The program focuses on assessment and identification of the root cause of readmission, as well as other key interventions.
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TJC: Support Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Joint Commission has issued the first in a series of special bulletins aimed at addressing concerns raised by healthcare workers as they respond to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Discharge Algorithm Improves Transitions, Results
Decision support technology can help case managers improve transitions of care and more easily access patient information necessary for an optimal discharge. The algorithm can collect data on patients’ functional status, cognition, caregiver status, and other important characteristics.
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Hospital-SNF Partnership Brings Better Care for Complex Patients
Coordinating post-acute services for patients has been an ongoing challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. One solution is for hospitals to form partnerships with local skilled nursing facilities. These partnerships can help hospitals find adequate care for complex patients. Hospital case managers and other staff can help the skilled nursing facility with difficult problem-solving and care coordination.
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Surge of HIV Patients Present to EDs, Leaders Call for Expanded Screening
Investigators discovered a more than twofold increase in cases of acute HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of an ED-based screening program at UChicago Medicine. The cause of the increase remains unknown, but it underscores the importance of screening despite the fact the pandemic has strained all resources.
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EDs Administer Monoclonal Antibody Therapy to High-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Clinicians can use new monoclonal antibody therapies to treat high-risk patients presenting with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. However, despite the promise to depress viral loads, logistical and other challenges continue to stand in the way of larger-scale use. Still, some EDs are trying the therapeutics, with promising results.
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Tailoring Opioid Prescriptions to Patients’ Perception of Pain
Customized approach led to better pain management and less waste after surgery.
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Help Physicians, Nurses Overcome Fear of Seeking Assistance for Stress Relief
Stress has long been a serious problem for physicians and nurses, but the added burden of COVID-19 is bringing attention to a particular challenge: All too often, clinicians are reluctant to seek the support of their employee assistance programs and other mental health resources available to them. A primary reason they avoid seeking help is that they fear they will face negative repercussions at work, even losing their jobs, according to recent research.
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Tools Keep Tabs on Patients Remotely, Predicting Outcomes and Conserving Resources
Researchers developed an automated text messaging approach that can monitor patients who have been discharged from the ED. Other investigators have leveraged artificial intelligence to train an algorithm to help emergency clinicians better predict outcomes and manage resources.
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Patients with Diabetes Might Need Help Using Mobile Apps for Self-Care
New research suggests older patients with diabetes and depression are less likely to use a smartphone app to help with diabetes self-management. Self-care apps are an important tool, and use likely will increase as people become more comfortable using them.