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Integrating palliative care in case management can work
The recent surge in palliative care growth has been partly fueled by the Affordable Care Act’s focus on improving healthcare quality.
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Palliative Care's Role for Case Managers Increases
Case management’s team-based approach to improving quality of care increasingly is being used for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
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The sick treating the sick: HCWs pressured to work ill
Employee health professionals must work with clinical colleagues to develop clear, supportive policies that clarify when ill healthcare workers should take a sick day rather than expose vulnerable patients and co-workers, researchers recommend.
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Health system screens all patients for suicide risk
In what appears to be a first for a health system, Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas recently implemented suicide screenings for all patients.
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Help wanted: CBO to screen patients for benefits
When a hospital identifies that a number of patients have need for food assistance that has not been met, a quick fix is to partner with a community-based organization to meet that need.
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Health system’s case manager-led team improves care coordination
In efforts to develop a robust primary care network, a large healthcare organization has embedded case managers in primary care practices.
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Improving case managers’ relationship skills can make the job easier
Case managers can add to their skill set of communication and care coordination by focusing on relationship-building.
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Expand Your Case Management Team’s Reach
Developing relationships with care providers across the continuum gets it done.
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Tampa hospital reduces falls 16% in facility’s common areas with simple changes
After implementing several mostly simple safety initiatives, St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, FL, saw a 16% reduction in falls from the previous year.
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Crowded EDs leaving proven strategies for improving patient flow on the table
Despite the fact that ED crowding is associated with a range of concerning outcomes, including higher mortality rates, higher rates of complications, and increased errors, there is new evidence many EDs are leaving proven strategies for improvement in this area on the table.