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EDs, Community Partners Play Central Role in Slashing HIV Diagnoses in San Francisco
An initiative that began five years ago in San Francisco has resulted in a dramatic reduction of new HIV diagnoses in the region. In the first half of 2018, there were just 81 new HIV diagnoses, according to the latest data. Further, investigators report that the number of deaths attributable to HIV has declined by more than 50%. The city’s success in addressing the HIV epidemic is largely attributable to the collective efforts of Getting to Zero San Francisco, a multisector consortium that aims to reduce HIV infections, deaths, and stigma to meet aggressive 90-90-90 goals,
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Reducing Long-Term Patient Costs Requires Going Above and Beyond
Case managers in hospitals and community settings often have to go beyond point of care activities to help patients make significant improvements in their health and healthcare costs. This is particularly true with patient populations experiencing major barriers to maintaining disease control and health improvement, including housing, food access, transportation.
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HIV/AIDS Organizations Help Patients Overcome Healthcare Disparities
AIDS organizations were decades ahead of other groups in addressing health disparities and barriers.
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Case Managers Can Ease Health Inequities and Barriers to Care
Health inequity and barriers can negatively affect patient care. Case managers can work with community organizations to untangle this societal problem.
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Home-Based Palliative Care Program Keeps Patients Out of the Hospital
A North Carolina palliative care program employs doctors and other members of a healthcare team to help keep patients out of the hospital through in-home, quality care.
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Program Targeting Serious Illnesses Helps Reduce ED Visits, Hospital Readmissions
A healthcare provider’s case management-style program produced a 43% reduction in hospital visits and a 24% reduction in ED visits within an 18-month period, according to authors of a new study.
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Overmonitoring Addressed With EHR Order Set, Adherence to Best Practices
A Minnesota hospital is addressing the problem of overmonitoring patients with an order set in the electronic health record that prompts clinicians to limit monitoring and unit assignments to only what is needed. However, introducing the system was not without challenges.
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Opioid Tapering Can Work With the Right Strategies
The program uses different approaches for patients who already are taking opioids vs. those who would receive their first opioids after surgery.
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Pain Service Balances Opioid Reduction With Pain Control
When surgery patients already are taking opioids for chronic pain issues, the new goal is to get them to reduce their daily opioid intake — and prevent their suffering.