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Healthcare Planning for the Lone Senior
Social isolation is a life-and-death matter, believed to influence mortality as much as obesity and smoking. Yet amid the growing population of seniors, many are unmarried, widowed, or have no children living nearby. When discharge planning for the lone senior, case managers should know several points about this demographic.
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VA Care Coordination Satisfaction Rates Higher Than Community Care
Focusing on better communication and care coordination, a Department of Veterans Affairs facility exhibited strength in its communication and care coordination, according to the authors of a new study.
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How to Harvest Big Data to Reduce Readmissions
“Big data” is a buzzword in healthcare these days. The term refers to the vast amount of electronic data healthcare providers have accumulated over the years. While the concept can seem pretty abstract, big data is more relevant than ever and potentially at every case manager’s fingertips if provided with the right tools to harvest it.
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The Elements of a Transitional Heart Failure Care Program
Hospitals and subacute facilities monitor congestive heart failure patients closely, but there may be a gap in care once patients are discharged. A transitional heart failure care clinic can fill that gap.
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Hospital’s Transitional Care Programs Help Heart Failure Patients Stay Healthier
Hospitals that focus on collaboration between case management and transitional care clinics for people with congestive heart failure are finding positive outcomes in their patients’ health and 30-day readmissions.
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Nerve Disorders from Mutations in the BSCL2 Gene
The neuromuscular syndromes caused by BSCL2 gene mutations may mimic several other disorders, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Molecular and Cellular Correlates of Human Nerve Regeneration
Specific and objective measures of improvement after carpal tunnel decompression (i.e., electrodiagnostic testing, somatosensory function, and intraepidermal nerve fiber density) also correlated with upregulation of ADCYAP1/PACAP genes. These genes may be potential therapeutic targets in the future.
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Dermatomyositis Sine Dermatitis Is an Important Clinical Entity
Dermatomyositis is an autoimmune disorder of skeletal muscle associated with a variety of auto-antibodies and specific muscle pathology but it may not have a skin rash. Muscle pathology and antibody determinations are important for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
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Randomized Diagnostic Trial of First-Line Genome Sequencing in Pediatric White Matter Disorders
The results of this study indicate that first-line genome sequencing in pediatric patients with suspected genetic white matter disease is more diagnostically efficient, defined as higher diagnostic efficacy and shorter time to diagnosis, than current standard of care approaches.
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Plasma Phospho-Tau217 Is a Promising Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
Validation and replication of findings in the use of the blood biomarker phospho-tau 217 for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease holds out the possibility for a new era in the early diagnosis and treatment of this debilitating illness.