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Hospitals vary substantially in their use of minimally invasive surgery, even when evidence shows that for most patients, minimally invasive surgery is superior to open surgery, a new study shows.
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Healthcare facilities are offering financial counseling and online price estimates to patients who call with questions about cost. Staff members from providers offices also are calling to obtain estimates on behalf of patients.
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An anesthesiologist was suspended after allegations that he sexted during surgery, at one point sending 45 messages during a single operation.
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Case managers should know their patients insurance benefits and out-of-pocket expenses when they develop a discharge plan to make sure the patient can afford the plan they are putting in place.
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As outbreaks continue to be reported due to unsafe injection practices and improper use of medication vials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is telling its surveyors to contact public health departments immediately if they see such flagrant breaches of infection control.
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At Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL, a throughput initiative that uses colored magnets to indicate anticipated discharges has cut emergency department holding time and increased the number of discharges by 2 p.m.
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After Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan began a heart failure readmission prevention program, its 30-day readmission rate dropped to an average of 13%. In January, the hospital discharged 62 heart failure patients and only 8% were readmitted.
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When patients benefits have been maxed out or are close to being maxed out, case managers need to be creative with discharge planning, experts say.
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Bioethicists can advocate for improved communication with family caregivers when a patient is going to be discharged from the hospital.
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When BK Kizziar, RN-BC, CCM, was in the hospital following surgery, a case manager walked into her room the day before discharge and asked whether she wanted to go to an acute rehab facility or have physical therapy sessions at home.