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Necessity and Reinvention: APIC Tries to Hire, Retain IPs
As a generation of infection preventionists (IPs) near career end, it is well to remember that many of them tell a similar story of how they got into the profession. Often, they were working some other clinical job and an opening or temporary need came up in the infection control department. To paraphrase what Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has reported time and again from new IPs to long-established leaders in the field, “I just fell into it and I loved it. I found it fascinating.”
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Navigating Antimicrobial Resistance
As more patients request antibiotics for managing many types of illnesses, it is no surprise that antimicrobial resistance is on the rise. According to the CDC, 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur every year in the United States, with 35,000 deaths.
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Caring for COPD Patients During Winter
Navigating the care of patients who are living with chronic conditions already is challenging, but it takes an extra layer of thoughtfulness for a case manager to also consider the climate and season when making plans and facilitating decisions for patients with COPD.
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Pharmacists Can Help Improve Diabetes Outcomes in the Community
Some health systems are trying to integrate pharmacists in primary care units in hopes of improving outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. One model is to assign four or five primary care providers per pharmacist and create a co-visit model that integrates pharmacists in care involving medication management.
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Care Coordination Connects Students with Healthcare Providers
School mental health providers find care coordination to be important for students in public school districts. Care coordination refers to care activities for delivering services through communication to all involved, with the central goal of meeting the student’s needs and preferences and addressing gaps in care.
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Best Practices for Hospital Z Codes
Hospital Case Management asked Tammy Love, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, director of coding classification and policy at the American Hospital Association in Washington, DC, to answer a few questions via email about Z codes and what case managers need to know.
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Large Medicare Data Study Shows Big Benefits with Primary Care Follow-Up
New research shows Medicare patients who are hospitalized with a condition that could require emergency general surgery are far less likely to be readmitted if they receive follow-up care with a primary care provider within 30 days of discharge.
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Standardized Care Protocols at SNFs Improve Hospital Readmission Rates
New research shows how standardized care protocols can improve care and reduce readmission rates for patients with chronic conditions in skilled nursing facilities.
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How the PSA Handoff Form Works
The Patient Safety Attendant Handoff Form includes patient information and SBAR boxes for PSAs and nurses to communicate.
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Nurses Develop Successful Handoff Tool for Patient Safety Attendants
Nurse residents and co-investigators created and successfully tested a simple communication tool, called Patient Safety Attendant Handoff Form, that helps improve safety and care quality for patients with personal safety attendants.