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Study Author Explains How Care Coordination Failures Create Healthcare Waste
Hospital Case Management asked Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, president and chief executive officer of Healthcare Financial Management Association, about his findings that failures in care coordination lead to costly waste in the healthcare industry. -
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Among Staff and Patients
In other national crises when lives were at stake, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks and World War II, the nation pulled together and largely embraced restrictions and calls to action. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the death toll heading toward 1 million Americans, many are placing their individual beliefs or desires ahead of public health and the national welfare. Healthcare professionals are caught in the middle of the fight over vaccines and masking mandates. -
Chatbots and Technology Make Case Management Affordable, Efficient
Technology can help extend case management, improving efficiency and costs when managing large populations of at-risk patients. A chatbot tool can send patients daily text messages that provide information on self-care behaviors and ask them about their current health status. -
CMS, HHS Offer Multipronged Approach to Improving Maternal Health
Biden administration asks hospitals to review policies and procedures, calls on states to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid and CHIP.
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Informed Consent Challenges with High-Risk Surgery
There appears to be room for improvement when it comes to surgeons talking with patients about shared decision-making and providing specifics about quality of life after procedures.
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Changes in Senior Care Post-COVID-19
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, it is not too early to see changes to senior care because of what was learned in 2020 and beyond. -
Addressing Healthcare Disparities
For some patients, there exists certain health disparities — “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or in opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and other population groups, and communities,” as defined by the CDC. Case managers are in a unique position to address these challenges as they serve as a more concrete bridge between healthcare and the patient. -
New Research Supports Use of a Prenatal Case Management-Style Intervention
A new study of an intervention that used care management techniques to help women improve prenatal health revealed women made some positive changes, including reduced consumption of sugary drinks, increases in physical activity, and a decrease in pregnancy-related anxiety. Called the First 1,000 Days, the systems-oriented program, which starts in early pregnancy and lasts through the first 24 months of infancy, is for low-income mother/infant pairs. It is designed to help women and their children eliminate obesity risk factors. -
Link Found Between Stroke Patient Readmission Disparities and Minority Status
Black stroke patients are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital than white stroke patients, but this gap closes in hospitals with better nurse staffing levels, investigators found. These patients could experience better outcomes if hospitals allocate nursing resources in a way that appropriately addresses their additional, extenuating concerns and issues. -
Researchers Identify High Costs of Various Conditions
Researchers recently identified predictors of high-cost hospital stays related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. The highest median cost of care is related to heart failure, followed by diabetes and COPD.