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Bridge model blends social work with case management
A care transitions model that bridges the gap for patients with social-environmental barriers to better health management has expanded to more than 50 sites across the country.
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Summary of the CDC’s 12 recommendations
The CDC issued 12 recommendations related to opioid prescription use. The following is a summary of those recommendations.
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CDC’s new opioid guidelines are welcome change from case management perspective
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for prescribing and managing prescription opioids in hopes of curtailing some of the nation’s more than 14,000 opioid overdose deaths each year.
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Case Managers and Decreasing ED Visits
Embedded care managers helped a major health system in its transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care model.
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Malpractice can begin at the front desk with simple errors by admissions staff
Seemingly simple errors at the front desk can have devastating effects on patient safety and may expose the hospital to litigation that is more damaging than malpractice lawsuits, warns a lawyer who has studied the issue.
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Hospital culture must be measured, not just improved
Hospitals strive to have the right culture, particularly when it comes to patient safety, but measuring improvement can be challenging.
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High reliability organizations aim high, strive for zero
With the high reliability organization concept, hospitals are aiming not to just improve and reduce errors, but to completely eliminate them.
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Care coordination model works well with diabetes patients
An outpatient case management and care coordination program targeted a population of people with diabetes to improve quality of life and medical care.
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Patient only needed someone to listen
A woman visited the clinic, seeking palliative care services and to see a provider about managing her pain and her goals for care.
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Patient’s last goal was to attend family reunion
A hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner recalls the case of a patient with a pressure ulcer that would not heal.