Case Management Advisor – March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016
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Expand Your Case Management Team’s Reach
Developing relationships with care providers across the continuum gets it done.
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Improving case managers’ relationship skills can make the job easier
Case managers can add to their skill set of communication and care coordination by focusing on relationship-building.
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Health system’s case manager-led team improves care coordination
In efforts to develop a robust primary care network, a large healthcare organization has embedded case managers in primary care practices.
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Help wanted: CBO to screen patients for benefits
When a hospital identifies that a number of patients have need for food assistance that has not been met, a quick fix is to partner with a community-based organization to meet that need.
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Health system screens all patients for suicide risk
In what appears to be a first for a health system, Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas recently implemented suicide screenings for all patients.
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The sick treating the sick: HCWs pressured to work ill
Employee health professionals must work with clinical colleagues to develop clear, supportive policies that clarify when ill healthcare workers should take a sick day rather than expose vulnerable patients and co-workers, researchers recommend.