Case Management Advisor – August 1, 2017
August 1, 2017
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Text Messages Transform Case Management for At-risk Patients
Case management texting can be an effective and affordable way to engage with high-risk patients and encourage them to follow health regimens.
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Case Management Is Essential in Handling Catastrophic Injuries
Case managers assigned to patients who have suffered catastrophic injuries can make a huge difference in patients’ outcomes and ability to return to work.
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Worker at Candle Factory Loses Hand, but Returns to Work With Case Management Help
A case manager shares her experience helping an injured worker recover and find a way to get back on the job.
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Technology Increasingly Helps Case Managers Engage With Patients
Technology helps case management programs improve efficiency and become faster at reacting to patient problems or anticipating issues before they occur.
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Health Promotion Advocate Extends Benefits Offered to Adolescents, Young Adults
With all they have on their plates, emergency personnel generally are not enthusiastic about taking on new preventive health initiatives, but a unique program that aims to identify and respond to risky and unsafe behaviors in adolescents and young adults who present to the ED has won over both providers and staff at Boston Medical Center.
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Health System Included PHI in Press Release, OCR Says
Memorial Hermann Health System has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to claims it included a patient’s protected health information in a press release.