Hospital Case Management – February 1, 2006
February 1, 2006
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Case management outcomes help prove your value to your hospital
If youre not tracking outcomes that show the value of case management, youre missing a chance to show your hospitals administration how much case managers can improve patient care and have a positive impact on the hospitals bottom line. -
Conferences help CMs, MDs agree on avoidable days
When an analysis of case management showed that physician advisors and clinical case managers often disagreed about attributing avoidable days to physicians, Judy Milne, RN, MSN, CPHQ, decided to turn the discrepancies into a learning experience for the entire team. -
Care plans for frequent flyers save money, cut costs
An initiative that creates a care plan that directs frequent users of the emergency department (ED) to more appropriate levels of care has resulted in significant savings for Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH. -
Critical Path Network: Simple acronym helps staff focus on neuro patients’ needs
The neurosurgical unit at United Health Service Hospital in Johnson City, NY, has cut 15 to 30 minutes off its daily interdisciplinary team meetings by using a simple acronym that keeps staff on track when it comes to issues that affect their patients. -
Critical Path Network: QI experts say ‘automatic’ handoffs could cause errors
When the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) speaks, people listen. That was certainly the case when it began to issue its National Patient Safety Goals. Health care professionals sat up, took notice, and immediately began designing processes for complying with the new standards. -
Critical Path Network: Cost called impediment to broader IT adoption
While nine out of 10 hospitals are using or considering using health information technology for clinical uses, most cite cost as a major impediment to broader adoption, especially for small or rural hospitals, according to a recent survey by the American Hospital Association (AHA). -
Access Management Quarterly: CDM analyst is ‘next step’ to ensure clean claim
A newly created position at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian in Philadelphia is helping the access department take that next step toward reducing denials and ensuring proper reimbursement, says Raina Harrell, CHAM, director of patient access for business operations. -
Access Management Quarterly: Stroke program wins first Codman award for DM
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has named Swedish Medical Center in Seattle the winner of the inaugural Ernest Amory Codman Award in the disease-specific care category. -
Pediatric cancer patients present challenges
As a case manager for pediatric cancer patients, Mary Nugent, RN, is challenged with ensuring that her patients get the care and equipment they need when they are out of the hospital, a job that is made more difficult by the scarcity of some of the medications the children are prescribed and the wide range of payers and benefits.