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Educators Hope Emergency Nurse Residency Program Can Improve Retention, Prevent Burnout
What is the best way to prepare a new nurse for the challenges and requirements of an ED? The answer might be a comprehensive emergency nurse residency program capable of providing graduates and nurses new to the emergency environment with the judgment, skills, and resilience to launch long and successful careers.
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Addressing the Needs of Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Case managers who work with patients managing substance use disorders have a unique story to tell and wisdom to share. Facilitating difficult situations day after day can be described as a journey with much to learn along the way. -
Case Management in the Pediatric Setting
Caring for patients in a pediatric setting looks different than serving the adult or geriatric populations. The role of the family often is more prominent in pediatrics, the interventions may be distinct, and case managers may need to engage in self-care. -
Monitoring System Evaluates Effect of Racial Discrimination on Women
Racial discrimination and its effect on maternal and infant health will be addressed in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), according to the authors of a recent paper. -
Case Managers Can Help Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Patients in the ED
The results of a pilot study show case management can help patients with non-cardiac chest pain by addressing their biopsychosocial factors and providing follow-up care management. -
Tactics to Improve Utilization Management
The CMS waiver of Conditions of Participation for utilization management may end when the COVID-19 emergency ends. Hospitals that did not have to hold review meetings might have to return to those practices. -
Ways to Build and Improve a Case Management Department
At some point, a hospital needs to build or improve a case management department. Whether working from the ground up, completely overhauling a program, or simply making slight adjustments, good leadership and strategy is key to a thriving case management program. -
How One Health System Monitors COVID-19 Patients at Home
One large health system successfully employed a hospital at home program during the COVID-19 pandemic using remote technology and a multidisciplinary team. By the end of 2021, the program had built a strong central team to support 13 medical centers across California. -
Hospital at Home Programs Can Help Acute Patients Post-Pandemic
The concept of hospital at home may have flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also will be a possible post-pandemic model for care. -
Home Monitoring Program Helped Hospitals Weather COVID-19 Surges
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear patients would flood hospitals in large cities, overwhelming health systems and public health infrastructure. One health system quickly ramped up its home monitoring program to safely keep some patients out of the hospital.