Hospital Case Management – April 1, 2017
April 1, 2017
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Cultural Competency Is Essential in an Increasingly Diverse Society
If case managers don’t learn about their patients’ cultural beliefs and practices and incorporate them into the plan of care, their efforts to develop a trusting relationship with their patients and create a successful discharge plan may be in vain.
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Base Your Plan of Care On the Individual’s Beliefs and Practices
If case managers want their discharge plans to succeed, they should take the time to really understand their patients.
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Whenever Possible, Combine Western and Traditional Medicine
When a patient’s cultural practices, such as traditional healing, are incorporated into the treatment plan, it can go a long way toward ensuring that patients follow the plan of care.
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Hospital Works to Make Native American Patients Feel Comfortable
Flagstaff Medical Center, part of Northern Arizona Healthcare System, created a program to accommodate the beliefs and practices of their Native American patients, which make up about 40% of the hospital’s patient population.
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Hospital Uses Telehealth to Monitor At-risk Patients On the Navajo Reservation
Faced with the need to provide follow-up care for its Native American patients, many of whom lack electricity or running water, the telehealth department at Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Flagstaff Medical Center developed a remote patient monitoring program and worked with the care management staff to implement the program.
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Questions About Your Patients’ Culture? Look For Answers Here
Information that case managers can use to find out more about their patients is just a click away
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Community Efforts Cut Readmissions for Low-income, Hispanic Patients
When Dependable Home Health Services in Nogales, AZ, began an initiative to reduce its readmission rate, 23% of patients served by the home health agency were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. Within a year, the readmission rate was reduced to 19%.
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Presidential Order Aims to Cut Down on Regulations, But What Will it Really Mean?
The healthcare industry is optimistic that the “one-in, two-out” executive order will relieve them of some onerous regulations — but remains uncertain about the end results.
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Family Caregivers: What They Mean to Discharge Planning, Length of Stay, and Readmissions
This month describes the role of the family caregiver in supporting patients as they transition home, what the role is really about, and the role of the case manager in supporting and educating family caregivers.