ED Management – December 1, 2013

December 1, 2013

• Nurse care managers, new programming aim to provide more outpatient care alternatives for ED patients on the margin

  The University of Michigan Health System is developing clinical programming and deploying specially trained care managers as part of an initiative aimed at eliminating unnecessary hospital admissions.

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• Lean-driven improvements eliminate waste, boost patient satisfaction in a matter of weeks

  To address declining volumes and suboptimal patient satisfaction in the ED, administrators at North Adams Regional Hospital used lean techniques to eliminate waste and streamline the triage process.

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• New program set to intervene to prevent readmissions, repeat ED visits due to acute exacerbations of asthma

  Faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine are set to launch a community paramedicine program aimed at preventing repeat hospital and ED visits for acute exacerbations of asthma in children.

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• A closer look at the two-midnight rule, what it means for ED providers

  ED Coding Update: This quarterly column is written by Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CAC, CCS-P, CHC,President of Edelberg Compliance Associates,Baton Rouge, LA.

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