Community Case Management
RSSArticles
-
Organizational Plans to Help Homeless Patients Become Healthier
Communities across the country are working to reduce or end chronic homelessness. They are focusing on ways the government, nonprofits, and healthcare providers can work together on solutions that benefit all.
-
Collaborations With Community and Health Systems Help Homeless Patients Gain Housing, Healthcare Services
The healthcare system is uniquely positioned to see how the social safety net can fail people who are homeless and who often suffer from substance use disorders and severe mental illness.
-
Providers Experience Moral Distress in Pediatric Mental Healthcare
Of 23 reported occurrences of moral distress, 61% involved pediatric mental health cases, found a recent study.
-
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Implements Sweeping Initiative, Raising HCAHPS Scores
Among patients aged 80 years and older, the hospital was achieving average patient satisfaction in only two of 10 measures.
-
Wrongful Delegation Can Happen Easily; Consequences Are Serious
Risk managers should educate nurses about the potential liability risks from wrongful delegation, which could threaten the nurse’s career and expose the hospital.
-
Policies Can Set Boundaries, Ensure Ethical Discharges
Ethicists at University Health Network’s Toronto Rehabilitation Institute have seen multiple recent cases involving hospital discharges. All involved patients who wished to return home despite known safety risks and clinicians who were uncomfortable discharging the patient to a setting they viewed as unsafe.
-
Crisis Prevention Is Major Focus for Community Case Managers
Crises occur because of clients’ poverty, mental health challenges, past trauma, homelessness, and other issues. And it is up to case managers to help clients maintain their health and avoid problems.
-
Healthcare Organizations Can Support Staff in Times of Grief
When a patient dies, case managers may experience grief that they barely acknowledge because they know their role is to move on to the next patient.
-
Case Managers May Carry Grief Over Loss of Patients
Case managers and other healthcare workers carry heavy burdens of grief when it is unacknowledged and they have not learned coping skills.
-
Developing a Culture of Healthcare Safety Requires Multifaceted Approach
Strengthening safety culture remains one of the greatest challenges faced by healthcare organizations, where the demanding environment makes it critical to have high-performing teams.