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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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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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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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Make Headway Against Workplace Violence with Data Tracking, Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Two health systems have started several initiatives that attack the problem from different angles. Data show these systems are making a sizable dent in incidents of violence in their EDs and other vulnerable points. These leaders are sharing their roadmaps and best practices so others can benefit.
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Prying Eyes Put EDs at High Risk for HIPAA Violations
Ensure policies are in place to protect the privacy of patients’ identifiable health information, train staff on those policies, implement measures to maximize compliance with the policies, and provide supplemental training if there are any incidents of non-compliance by an individual or group.
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Vital Signs Are Unreported During Most EMS Handoffs
EMS holds a wealth of information about a very critical time in the patient’s treatment and evaluation for that episode. Physicians, EMS agencies, and hospital leaders should collaborate to figure out what gaps exist and develop specific tools to close those gaps.
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Multidisciplinary Initiative Leads to More Referrals, Donors, and Transplanted Organs
Staff training and more visible public awareness helped a Georgia hospital make tremendous improvements.
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Task Force Aims to Grow HEC-C Program
The Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C) designation is advancing the overall professionalization of the field of ethics. The certification advances the quality of ethics consultations and puts ethicists on a level playing field with clinical counterparts.
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Ethicists View HEC-C as One Step Toward Professionalization
The demand for ethics work is rising, but most individuals who conduct consults are clinicians who work as volunteers. Leaders must identify and address all kinds of ethical issues, which requires employing the right people with relevant and specific knowledge and skills.
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ICU Staff Report Severe Moral Distress, But Resources Are Underused
Unresolved ethical concerns not only cause individual moral distress, but can also change the staff relationships and clinical cohesiveness.