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Integrated Care Teams Should Include Social Workers
Integrated care teams sometimes lack a social worker, which can undermine the team’s work and success. It is a shortsighted tactic because social workers can help with case management and care coordination in a variety of ways, including intake assessment and behavioral interventions, according to recent research.
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Study Reveals Positive Benefits of COPD Transition Bundle
A study of a care transition bundle that included a care coordinator revealed COPD patients in the bundle cohort were less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within seven days and 30 days, but 90-day readmissions were unchanged.
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Many Safety Net, Rural Hospitals Do Not Properly Address Social Needs
Safety net hospitals, critical care hospitals, and rural hospitals often do less than needed to address the social determinants of health of their vulnerable populations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.
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How Case Managers Can Improve SDOH Assessments
Case managers can use several different tactics to improve their assessments of social determinants of health. These may require extra time, but they can yield big rewards in terms of patients’ health and preventing readmissions.
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Case Management Leaders Advocate for Improved SDOH Assessments
Improving social determinants of health assessments will help the healthcare industry evolve and improve medical care and efficiency. Case management leaders should collect data to show hospital leaders how their work with social determinants can help a health system meet its goals.
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Leverage Telemedicine to Speed Care for Lower-Acuity Patients
By leveraging telemedicine technology, the ED at Stanford Hospital established a Virtual Visit Track, a solution that accelerated care for lower-acuity patients and helped staff effectively manage at least some of its pandemic-related challenges. Furthermore, it is an approach that might even be more applicable for health systems that operate multiple EDs.
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During Patient Surges, Rapid Assessment Zone Reduces Risk for EDs
Using this approach, an ED reported declines in the rate of patients who leave without seeing clinicians, along with shorter median arrival-to-provider and length of stay times.
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Concerned About Understaffing, ED Nurse Calls 911 for Help
Although ill-advised, this extreme move underscores healthcare providers' feelings of desperation amid ongoing staffing problems.
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EMS-Driven Protocol Delivers a Low-Barrier Pathway to OUD Treatment
What if pre-hospital providers were empowered to both initiate overdose patients onto medication-assisted treatment in the field and also schedule follow-up appointments for ongoing care?
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Trauma Patients at Risk for Developing Opioid Use Disorder
Better identification and referral of patients with opioid use disorder could enhance the quality and continuity of care these patients receive, while also reducing reliance on EDs and the crowding that ensues.