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Case Managers Can Try Nondrug Strategies to Help Patients Cope With Pain
Healthcare providers are moving away from opioid-based pain management strategies to evidence-based social, behavioral, and psychological methods of helping people cope with chronic pain.
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National Pain Strategy Makes Recommendations in Six Areas
The National Pain Strategy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlines the government’s plan to reduce the chronic pain burden that affects millions of Americans and raises healthcare costs.
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Case Managers Cannot Ignore the Disease of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is epidemic in the United States, and the medical community struggles with finding solutions that do not involve the use of opioids. Case management strategies can help by teaching patients to self-manage their pain.
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Motivational Interviewing Gains Strength in Patient-centered Care
An increasingly prominent practice centers on motivational interviewing as a way to help patients change behaviors, with a focus on helping them understand why those changes are needed.
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Ethics Involvement Needed With Complex Discharges
Ethicists are seeing increasing numbers of consults involving concerns with discharge planning.
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Study: Little Difference in Outcomes Between ACO and Non-ACO Patients
Accountable care organizations were established to reduce costs and improve quality of care, but do they achieve those goals?
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Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Positive Outcomes for Patients
Chronic illness case management works better with optimal patient engagement. In one primary care provider practice’s experience, a diabetes care program has improved diabetic patients’ self-management.
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Health System’s Transitional Care Program Includes Out-of-area Patients
Some of the biggest challenges in care transition involve bridging patient care between the hospital and the community — especially when the community is hundreds of miles away.
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Texas-sized Mumps Outbreak Includes Nine HCWs
A large outbreak of mumps last year in Texas included nine healthcare workers, many of whom were apparently infected in the community.
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Better Management of Patients With Psychiatric Needs
With limited care options, patients with psychiatric emergencies often present to the nearest ED where they may wait for hours, if not days, for some sort of disposition.