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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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Employee Health Research Steps Up Protection of HCWs
A common truism is that “you can’t have patient safety without worker safety” — which makes intuitive sense, but lacks definitive data. A potential landmark study attempting to link the two has drawn the support of some major agencies and organizations.
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ADT Nurses Can Help Ease Bed Constraints, Patient Volumes
Managing patient throughput can be one of the biggest challenges for nursing units, with patients often remaining in the ED because there are not enough beds available on the unit, or there are not enough nurses to care for all of the patients.
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Inside-the-box Strategy Helps With Medication Management
Optima Health recently began using a new technology that includes a pill box so sensitive to weight that it can determine precisely which pill, and how many, were pulled.
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Building Post-acute Relationships in ACOs Is a Complicated Journey
For accountable care organization arrangements to succeed, healthcare organizations need good working relationships and continual communication.
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Opioid Addiction in Medicaid Population Calls for New Case Management Strategies
In recent years, the opioid epidemic has created new challenges for healthcare organizations seeking to improve population health.
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Using Risk Analysis Model, Health System Cuts Readmissions
A risk stratification tool identifies members of a Medicaid population that need targeted case management interventions. The eventual goal is self-management, as well as reducing costs.
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Expect Zika Return, Reinforce HCW Safety
Employee health professionals should prepare for the return of Zika virus, as the CDC expects the mosquito-borne infection threat to return to the U.S. as the warmer months arrive.
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The Ethical Quandary of Moral Distress
Cynda Rushton and colleagues outline a path to “moral resilience” for nurses and other healthcare workers feeling conflicted about a given situation and the inner desire “to do the right thing.”
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Study: Older Patients Vulnerable to Functional Decline Following ED Visit
New findings from a rigorously designed study suggest that older patients who visit the ED are at enhanced risk of disability for up to six months following the visit.