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The financial demands on the current healthcare system puts more pressure on case managers to prepare patients for hospital discharge, ensure that they receive care in an appropriate venue, and/or support the patients in managing their chronic illnesses, says Teri Treiger, RN-C, MA, CCM, CCP, a case management consultant based in Holbrook, MA, and past president of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), with headquarters in Little Rock, AR.
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Making written handouts readily available to clinicians interacting with patients is an important element of patient education.
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Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of hospitalists.
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Seniors who are at risk for readmission to the hospital are getting support that helps them stay healthy at home by Care Transitions coaches at SCAN Health Plan, a Long Beach, CA based health plan that provides coverage for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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In response to an increasing demand for Spanish-language resources to educate Hispanic Americans about all aspects of chronic pain, the Baltimore, MD-based American Pain Foundation has produced a free brochure available in Spanish and English titled "Explain Your Pain."
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When it's typical for patients to wait four hours or more to see an emergency physician, and your leave-without-being-seen (LWBS) rate is pushing 10%, you know it's time to rethink the whole process.
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Care guides who work with patients at Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics primary care clinics wear business casual clothes and sit in cubicles in the clinic waiting areas, which makes them accessible to the patients who come to see their doctor.
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"We're entering the Golden Age of Case Management. The Affordable Care Act, the Accountable Care Organization initiatives, and other patient-centered, value-based models of care all recognize the value of case management.
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Senior citizens and their families are getting help in identifying and coping with the medical and social needs of the elderly through a Geriatric Assessment Program offered by Geisinger Health System, with headquarters in Danville, PA.
