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“Warm handoffs” can reduce hospitals’ readmission rates
Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, improved its readmission rates through a quality improvement process that included measurements of “warm handoff” rates.
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Case managers need to connect across continuum
Case managers working together across the care continuum can improve the problem of healthcare silos.
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Try some new strategies for motivating clients
Case managers can improve client motivation through strategies that include learning what is important to them and breaking up their overall goal into bite-sized steps.
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A glimpse inside the incubator: Creating new CM outcomes tool
Case management work increasingly is being measured, but the big issue is finding tools for effective measurement of CM outcomes.
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New Year begins with the “hottest time” for case management jobs
The nation’s healthcare expansion into population health models and moving payment away from fee-for-service toward pay for quality performance and financial stewardship has created an unprecedented need for experienced case managers, and their salaries are climbing.
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Going to a passive needle safety system reduces injuries and costs
Switching from active to passive needle safety device dramatically reduced needlesticks in an 11-facility healthcare system, creating cost avoidance in reporting, treating, and follow-up that justified the additional expenditure for the devices.
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TJC: Time to curb patient falls in healthcare settings
With troubling data in hand about patient injuries and deaths, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert, notifying healthcare organizations that they need to up their game when it comes to preventing patient falls.
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Improve communication for effective case management
Case managers need to maintain optimal communication skills, and one way to do this is to make sure they’re mindful of their own stress levels and emotional health needs.
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Experts: Population health needs to address mental health
White, middle-aged Americans have an increasing mortality rate due to behavioral and mental health issues, demonstrating the need for population health to address behavioral health.
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Here’s a snapshot of a model for case managers embedded with PCPs
Some healthcare organizations are finding that embedding case managers in primary care provider practices is an ideal way to help high-risk patients receive the care coordination and engagement they need to remain healthy.