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10 Simple Steps to Protect Staff’s Mental Health
In the pandemic and post-pandemic times, case management leaders can take many steps to help their staff prevent mental health issues, like trauma, stress, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder, and others. -
Case Managers, Nurses, Staff Need Help to Overcome Occupational Trauma
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced a shutdown in the United States, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare professionals have faced high levels of stress, burnout, and occupational trauma. A year after the pandemic began, more than half of nurses said they have felt exhausted within the previous two weeks. -
How the Patient Activation Measure Works
The Patient Activation Measure can help case managers discover how engaged patients are with their care and what types of services and assistance they may need. -
Patient Activation Measure Guides Education and Realistic Goal-Setting
As case managers work harder to meet their organizations’ patient engagement goals — particularly in the value-based care model — evidence-based tools can help them succeed. One such tool is the Patient Activation Measure, a scale that describes four stages of activation. Research showed the tool to be a valid and reliable instrument to measure activation and to help patients individualize care plans. -
Start Small, Employ Relevant Personnel to Manage Complex Social Problems
Every hospital relies on a problem-solving method for performance improvement. The key is putting the right people on an intervention.
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Address Social Determinants of Health with Multidisciplinary Team, Community Partnerships
A multidisciplinary group at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital has created an ED Social Medicine (EDSM) team to deliver better outcomes for patients who present to the ED and to lift some burden off the shoulders of providers. In operation since 2017, investigators are finding the EDSM team approach is delivering dividends on multiple fronts. They also believe they have created a roadmap to follow for other facilities struggling with similar concerns.
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Study Results Highlight Formerly Homeless Veterans’ Need for Case Management
Housing is an important health factor among low-income and homeless people in the community, including veterans. New research revealed that clinicians should view veterans’ housing status and their behavioral health factors, including loneliness and substance use disorder. Social workers and case managers should keep veterans’ housing and substance use struggles in mind. -
Take the First Step to Screen and Identify Patients with Diabetes and Depression
Case managers should expect a large segment of patients with diabetes also to present with depression, and possibly distress or anxiety related to diabetes. These mental health issues are common among people with the chronic illness, according to government statistics. -
Attention to Mental Health Improves Case Management for Patients with Diabetes
People with diabetes are twice as likely to experience symptoms of depression as people without the disease. New research revealed integrated treatment is effective when it improves medical and mental healthcare of patients with diabetes. Investigators found complementary and integrative health approaches can result in better patient health and satisfaction. -
AAP Revises Guidelines to Improve Treatment of Children with Disabilities
Group says pediatricians can be advocates for this population, which is more likely to be subjected to abuse and neglect.