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The utilization of services by self-pay patients has increased by 6.9% over the last fiscal year at St. Joseph's Hospital and Candler Hospital, both in Savannah, GA, says Susan M. Younggreen, director of patient financial services.
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[Editor's note: This is the second part of a multi-part series on demonstrating the value of case management to your organization. Last month, we discussed the vast array of financial and clinical outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of your department as well as to demonstrate its impact on the bottom line of the organization. This month, we discuss the tremendous amount of data that can be collected and used for performance improvement, within the department and across the institution. Next month, examples of case management report cards will show how to present this data in a usable format.]
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As a case manager, your job involves being an advocate for your patients as well as keeping your hospital's best interest in mind. That means you need to be informed about the financial aspects of patient care.
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There is no shortage of discussion on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will change things for patients and providers, but big changes are also in store for occupational health.
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It is notoriously difficult to convince surgeons to change their methods and tools in the operating room to improve sharps safety. But in Tennessee, intransigence is apt to lead to a citation from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Everyone agrees that health care workers should receive the influenza vaccine each year to protect themselves and their patients.
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Cindy Luebbering, RN, a senior health systems manager and occupational health nurse at the Cincinnati, OH-based Proctor & Gamble Company, says that her goal is to give employees information on how to get healthy, stay healthy, and how to live a full and healthy life if diagnosed with a health condition."
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If an employee reports shoulder soreness, this could be caused by her job, sports activities she does on weekends, or both. "Risk factors and the mechanism of injury are often both unclear with repetitive strain injuries," says Susan Murphey, BS, CECD, president of Essential WorkWellness in Shoreline, WA.
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You probably know, more than anybody else in the workplace, which workers have the greatest potential for positive health changes, says Dawn Stone, RN, a nurse practitioner and former occupational health nurse at Miller's Brewing Company, University of California Los Angeles' Occupational Health Facility and Northrop.