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ED-based Universal Screening Helps Identify Patients at Risk for Suicide
Can a universal screening approach for suicide be implemented efficiently in a busy emergency setting where taking care of acute problems is the primary focus? Parkland Hospital & Health System in Dallas has demonstrated that it can, and administrators there believe their approach could be adapted for use in other hospital systems.
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JAHF Age-friendly Initiative Showing Results
Hospitals are reporting positive results from a program sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization in New York City that works to improve conditions for the care of older adults in the healthcare system.
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Want a Case Management Revolution? Here’s How It’s Done
Using a homegrown seven-day case management program, a Florida hospice gives case managers more time to work with patients, improving quality and efficiency of care.
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Here’s How Complex Case Management Can Work
A case management complex care team handles a health system’s most challenging patients by working toward a number of goals, including using a risk stratification tool to triage patients who could benefit the most.
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Complex Care Teams Can Take Case Management to New Levels
Patients with unusually difficult obstacles to transitions can end up with long lengths of stay or too many ED visits and rehospitalizations. A complex care team is one way to solve this problem.
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PAs Provide More Patient Contact, Reduce LOS, and Maintain Quality
Physician assistants have helped one hospital improve care in its observation unit without increasing costs, partly by providing more contact with patients than physicians can. The hospital also has optimized its observation unit model.
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ED-based Intervention Connects Frequent Users With Program to Address Underlying Needs
A new program at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta seeks to short-circuit the cycle of frequent ED care so that patients with complex conditions are connected with the help they need without continually sapping emergency medicine resources.
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App Pushes Patient Education to New Level
Not so long ago, case managers relied primarily on paper brochures and tip sheets when supplementing in-person patient education. Many might still use paper in addition to web-based information, but the newest frontier involves apps that bring education to a patient’s fingertips at precisely the moment he or she needs it.
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Take It From Survivors: Here’s What to Do When Disaster Strikes
Case manager leaders found that preparing staff to be mobilized or available via phone was crucial during Hurricane Harvey.
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Hurricane Harvey Was a Disaster Preparedness Test for Case Managers
After Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, leaving Houston underwater, case management leaders at area healthcare organizations found it challenging to locate all of their employees to ensure their safety.