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Is Hospital Discharge Unsafe? Ethical Response is Needed
It’s a difficult yet common scenario: A patient with complex care needs does not have a reliable caregiver at home to assist with implementing his or her post-discharge care needs.
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Sounding the alarm about suicide risk
Given that EDs are among the most likely places for patients at risk for suicide to present, experts say training staff to recognize and manage such patients is critical.
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Bridge model blends social work with case management
A care transitions model that bridges the gap for patients with social-environmental barriers to better health management has expanded to more than 50 sites across the country.
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Summary of the CDC’s 12 recommendations
The CDC issued 12 recommendations related to opioid prescription use. The following is a summary of those recommendations.
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CDC’s new opioid guidelines are welcome change from case management perspective
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for prescribing and managing prescription opioids in hopes of curtailing some of the nation’s more than 14,000 opioid overdose deaths each year.
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Case Managers and Decreasing ED Visits
Embedded care managers helped a major health system in its transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care model.
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Swing shift case managers facilitate discharges late in the day
Faced with patients who were ready for discharge but were staying overnight due to glitches and holdups, UCLA Health developed the position of swing shift case manager to facilitate discharges that occur late in the day.
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Indicators measure quality of hospice, palliative care providers
Two organizations of professionals who provide palliative and hospice care developed a series of indicators to gauge the quality of care that patients receive.
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Make sure patients, families are informed about hospice
When patients choose hospice care, case managers should prepare them and their families for what they are going to receive and what they won’t receive when the patient goes home.
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Get in touch with your own feelings before talking to patients
Case managers have to be comfortable with end-of-life issues before they can have a meaningful conversation with patients and families.