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A female doctor claimed to have suffered years of gender discrimination from a hospital's chief of surgery.
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When Patewood Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC, opened six years ago, the hospital administration recognized an opportunity to provide care that was centered around the patients and family members experiences, or patient-centered care, says Beverly Haines, MNEd, BRN, NE-BC, president of the 72-bed surgical hospital, which is part of the Greenville Health System.
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In the last two issues of Case Management Insider, we discussed issues associated with identifying and monitoring patient flow. This month we continue our discussion with a focus on the elements of patient flow associated with the inpatient setting. These issues relate directly to the provision of care as well as the progression of care for patients as they move through the acute-care continuum.
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As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Value-Based Purchasing program moves toward basing reimbursement on quality, case managers can take the lead in making sure their hospitals score well and dont lose reimbursement.
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Gundersen Healths integrated care coordination program, in which a team of RN care coordinators and social workers follows the 1% to 2% most complex patients through the continuum, has resulted in a 46% decrease in average length of stay and a 64% decrease in unplanned hospital admissions or emergency department visits.
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A proactive approach to the Recovery Auditor (RA) process has paid off for Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, NC. Out of more than 800 denials from the auditor, the hospital has appealed up to the administrative law judge level, if necessary. So far, the hospital has won a high percentage of the appeals. Many are still pending because of a backlog.
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When doctors, nurses, and other hospital operating room staff follow a written safety checklist to respond when a patient experiences cardiac arrest, severe allergic reaction, bleeding followed by an irregular heartbeat, or other crisis during surgery, they are nearly 75% less likely to miss a critical clinical step, according to a new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of patient safety strategies employed at hospitals across the country, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a report identifying the top 10 patient safety strategies that can be implemented immediately by healthcare providers.
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Nothing changes, nobody cares. That bleak title of a recent journal article tells the story of workplace violence through the eyes of emergency room nurses.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is increasing its emphasis on discharge planning and has developed a worksheet for surveyors to use to determine if hospitals are in compliance with the Conditions of Participation.
