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Helping Human Trafficking Victims: Is Your Staff Prepared?
A forensic wants to help hospital staff recognize trafficking victims and establish hospital protocols that protect and aid a victim’s escape from the trafficking coercion.
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Study Targets Causes of 30-Day Rehospitalizations
A new study has identified some of the most common physiological reasons for 30-day unplanned rehospitalizations among heart failure patients — making it possible for case managers and others to develop interventions and strategies to address this problem.
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Case Managers Can Drive Success in Hospitals
Hospitals are moving from the traditionally reactive to newer proactive model of providing quality healthcare. This puts case managers in the driver’s seat when it comes to steering the organization to better outcomes.
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A Closer Look at Trinity Health’s Integrated Care Coordination System
Care coordinators can help hospitals better manage care through an integrated system that provides best practices in the handover process.
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Plan of Care Collaboration Can Reduce Readmissions
Hospital case managers are part of a care team collaboration that spans healthcare settings and disciplines, focusing on improving patient care and preventing high-risk patients from being readmitted to the hospital.
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CMS Changes Nursing Home Compare, May Drop Star Ratings
CMS recently announced significant changes to Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. The agency also says that it is considering abandoning the star ratings for hospitals completely.
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Optima Health Applies SDOH With Nutrition Programs, Mobile Healthcare
Social determinants of health continue to influence quality improvement efforts across the healthcare system, with a Virginia health plan and health system using the data to improve nutrition and even provide mobile vans to take services into the community.
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Health System Uses Predictive Analytics to Reduce Readmissions
Advocate Aurora Health is reporting success with a program that uses predictive analytics to identify outpatients with an increased risk of unnecessary hospitalization. Those patients are then provided special intervention to prevent admissions.
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Many Homeless Individuals Need Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment
New research shows that homeless people with substance use disorders are hospitalized and visit EDs significantly less often when they are provided supportive housing.
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Collaboration to Help Homeless Patients Works When a Quarterback Leads the Team
The Center for Housing and Health serves as the quarterback for the Better Health Through Housing program in Chicago. The collaborative includes an alliance of 28 supportive housing agencies across Chicago and Cook County.