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Crisis Case Management Helps Prevent Teen Suicides
Rates of attempted and completed suicides have increased sharply in recent years, particularly among adolescents. A crisis care program at a children’s hospital provides case management help to teens and their families.
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Ethicists Are Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Hospitals and health systems should do more to address social determinants of health to meet an ethical obligation to improve community health. Ethicists can collaborate with clinicians and social workers to find solutions. Considering the complexity of such issues, it may be unrealistic to develop effective interventions immediately. But an ethics consult is a good starting point.
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Initiative Raises Organ Referral Rates, Expands Donor List and Transplanted Organ Supply
An individual’s organ donation wishes should be part of their holistic care plan. Ethicists could provide education to clinicians on this point. A culture of trust between the patient community, clinical care providers, the transplant program, and the organ procurement organization is necessary. This takes years to build — and one bad case to break.
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Patient Advocates Launch National Diabetes Treatment Recognition Program
Hospitals can be evaluated based on their care for patients with diabetes during admission, stay, and discharge.
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Incident Dementia Cases Connected to Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure
Researchers reported fine particulate matter from agriculture and open fires to be especially harmful.
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Feds Propose to Strengthen Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment Access
The Biden administration wants better enforcement of a law that was designed to remove administrative barriers to receiving proper insurance coverage.
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For Clinicians, Discharge Safety Is a Growing Ethical Concern
More often, clinicians are asking ethicists questions such as, “Is this discharge plan ethical?” It seems clinicians are distressed over what they consider to be unsafe decisions. Clinicians create a treatment plan based on what they believe is in the patient’s best interest. For various reasons, sometimes the plan is just not feasible.
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Case Management Challenges in the Emergency Department
Hospital case management already is unique. But carrying out this role in the ED brings even more challenge and intensity to bear. It also affects operations and well-being in the rest of the hospital.
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Care Coordination and Communication Needed Between Transplant Providers and Primary Care
Cirrhosis affects a small percentage of the U.S. population. But it is a highly complex disease that leads to high hospital readmission rates and a higher cost per patient than found in heart failure and COPD. Investigators found care coordination and efficient communication between providers can optimize care. Telehealth can help patients, particularly for return visits.
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International Discharges Create Chaos and Inspire Creativity for Case Managers
Case managers and discharge planners in every state sometimes encounter the most challenging and frustrating of cases: the international discharge. Hospital Case Management asked Judith R. Sands, RN, MSL, BSN, CPHRM, CPHQ, CCM, ARM, a clinical consultant and author of Home Hospice Navigation: The Caregiver’s Guide, to answer a few questions about best practices in handling these unique care transition cases.