Discharge Planning
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Sepsis Patients Need Transition Support to Prevent Rehospitalization
Post-acute care is crucial for sepsis survivors. It helps patients with functional recovery and can prevent readmissions. Research suggests post-acute care services may be underused. Fewer than half the patients discharged from the hospital receive care in skilled nursing facilities, with home health services, or in long-term care facilities.
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Virtual Rounds Shorten Lengths of Stay
An Arizona facility cut more than 3,000 excess days for a savings of more than $6 million over 10 months.
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A Little Humor Can Go a Long Way in Healthcare
While healthcare professionals frequently work in high-stress conditions, there are times when they can lighten the mood, provide comfort, or defuse an escalating situation despite the circumstances. One method for case managers to consider is using humor in care.
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Using AI in Case Management
Touted as a way to save money and time, enable more accurate diagnoses, and streamline processes, AI can be a helpful tool in hospitals. The accessibility of high volumes of information can help with decision-making and care coordination.
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Healthcare Violence Prevention Measures Are Needed
The American College of Emergency Physicians polled members in 2022 and found two-thirds of ED physicians reported assaults in the past year. More than one-third said they had been assaulted more than once. Eighty-five percent of physicians said they experienced anxiety, emotional trauma, and a loss of productivity due to violence.
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Ways to Improve Provider-Patient Communication
Communication between providers and patients declined from 2013 to 2019 among older adults, especially among those with multiple chronic conditions, according to recent research. The decline occurred across all racial groups, but was particularly noticeable among non-Hispanic white patients.
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Case Management Interventions Can Improve COPD Treatment Adherence
Medication adherence rates for treatment of COPD are low. The results of research suggest fewer than half of patients with the chronic illness take their medication properly.
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How Case Managers Coordinate Care for Youth in Crisis
Adolescents are at risk of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. In response, a health system created a program that uses case management to help them.
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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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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.