Hospital Case Management – March 1, 2022
March 1, 2022
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Omicron Created Problems of Too Few Staff, Too Many Patients, Too Much Distress
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare leaders know how to react and prepare. But with omicron, the earlier lessons learned were not enough to prevent patient surges and staffing shortages. -
Study Results Reveal How Hospitals Handled COVID-19’s First Wave
Healthcare systems’ responses to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic varied, but most canceled elective procedures to preserve ICU capacity and adapted staffing and physical space to prepare for patient surges, according to the results of a recent study. -
Infection Prevention Tips for Omicron Variant
As omicron swept through the nation, creating chaos at hospitals, the Infectious Diseases Society of America made four major suggestions for how organizations and individuals can prevent infection and serious illness. -
Care Transitions Are Trickier Than Ever as Pandemic Wreaks Havoc
The bottleneck of patients many health systems experienced in early winter was created by a perfect storm of these problems: too few employees, too many patients sick with the omicron variant, and too many ambulatory settings also experiencing staffing problems. -
Want to Retain and Support Staff? Better Communication from Leadership Helps
Hospital nurses need effective communication from leadership to help them cope with the long COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a recent study. Nurses also need to be part of leadership gatherings, local meetings, and decision-making to share their daily experiences and help find solutions to the unprecedented emergencies created during the past two years. -
Undiagnosed Dementia a Risk for Older Patients
Patients with dementia may be at greater risk of hospitalization and ED visits, yet many are undiagnosed or unaware of their dementia diagnosis. When patients are undiagnosed, or are unaware of a dementia diagnosis, they might lack needed caregiver support or struggle to manage their diseases because no one recognizes their cognitive impairment. -
Loneliness and Social Disconnection Common During COVID-19 Pandemic
More than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries said they were more socially disconnected, and nearly one in four reported they were lonelier during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a recent survey. -
Effect of COVID-19 on Patient Severity of Illness, Evaluating Hospital Performance
Patients with COVID-19 not only experience a higher mortality rate, but also a longer length of stay than other viral illness patients, even when adjusted for other patient factors such as age and comorbidities. Because of this, it is a challenge to evaluate hospital performance during the pandemic. -
Best Practices in Utilization Management
The increasing complexity of healthcare has taken the field of case management along for the ride, and with it the practice of utilization management.