Case Management Advisor – September 1, 2013
September 1, 2013
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For senior citizens, there's no place like home
Senior citizens are just like everyone else: They prefer living in their own homes where they feel secure and can do as they please, when they please, instead of being in an institution where they are at the mercy of the facility's routine. -
Seniors stay safely at home with support services
Although all of them qualify for a skilled nursing level of care, 86% of participants in Summit ElderCare are able to live in the community. -
Nurse calls reduce risk from gestational diabetes
Women with gestational diabetes who received telephone-based management from a nurse had a lower risk of high birth weight for newborns in a study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. -
New tool aims to standardize ED handoffs
Shift changes are a point of risk in hospital settings because as outgoing clinicians hand off patients to incoming staff, it is easy for important information to be missed or misunderstood. And this risk is heightened in the emergency setting, where providers are working under a constant state of urgency. -
ED uses telemedicine to ease crowding, wait times
Telemedicine has been used to connect patients in rural areas with providers, and to obtain quick access to a neurologist when patients present with symptoms of stroke.