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Case Manager Offers Strategies to Improve Patient Communication
When working with elderly patients, it’s a good idea to initiate your visit or phone call with a conversation rather than direct health-related questions, suggests a case manager who has extensive geriatric experience and visits patients at their homes.
Care Management Can Drive Capitated Care Success
Case managers’ roles are evolving through focus on capitated models that focus on keeping patients out of hospitals and emergency rooms.
Case Managers Offer Advice on Handling Mass Shootings
Case managers can help their health systems prepare for the effects of mass shooting by taking several additional emergency preparedness steps.
Case Manager Leadership Needed in Mass Shootings, Major Traumas
U.S. hospitals handle, on average, victims from a mass shooting every day. For most case managers, it’s not a matter of whether they and their colleagues will experience that traumatic event, but when.
Take a Multidisciplinary, Team-based Approach on Elder Abuse
New research suggests there is ample room for improvement in the way elder abuse is identified and managed, particularly in the emergency setting.
These Strategies Will Improve Care Transitions for Elderly Patients
Care transition for elderly patients is fraught with hidden obstacles and risks. Experienced case managers can identify and prevent problems.
Avoid These Common Pitfalls in Care Transitions
Transitions of care can be difficult if case managers fail to prepare for some of the more common obstacles and problems.
Tips for Handling Suspected Cases of Trafficking
Every healthcare system should have a protocol and system for handling suspected trafficking victims, according to a speaker and expert on the subject.
Red Flags That a Patient is a Victim of Trafficking
Victims of trafficking potentially could meet any healthcare professional, including case managers.
Human Trafficking is a Problem for Case Managers and All HCWs
Many U.S. healthcare professionals have met or treated a trafficking victim at some point in their careers, but they may not have recognized the signs.