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Nurses are at high risk of stress caused by work-family conflict (WFC) partly because of the physical and emotional demands of their long shifts. One solution could be to permit some worker self-scheduling, an expert says.
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Using a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston launched a program to prevent readmissions.
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By analyzing heart failure readmissions and collaborating with post-acute providers and community organizations, Essentia Health-St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd, MN, cut its readmission rate from 18% to a low of 6%.
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When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the way in which it would reimburse hospitals based on the number of Medicare 30-day readmissions they had, hospitals began a long journey of discovery.
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Its no longer enough for case managers to create a discharge plan and forget about the patient as soon as he or she is out the door, advises Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, CMAC, vice president emerita of clinical leadership for Curaspan Health Group, a Newton, MA-based transition management software company.
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While an increasing number of hospital systems are creating senior-friendly EDs, one new study suggests that many of the tenets of geriatric medicine are also applicable to the care of patients with complex health problems, especially with respect to care transitions.
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Rather than just cutting off the supply of controlled substances, CareSource case managers work with members with substance abuse problems and help them reduce their dependency.
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Pediatric case managers from UPMC for You collaborate with caseworkers to ensure that children in foster care get the care, preventive, and behavioral health services they need.
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Recognizing that case management programs should be tailored to the special populations being served, health plans are creating specialty programs to meet the needs of their members.
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Molina Healthcare offers Native Americans covered by its Medicaid managed care plan a Traditional Medicine Benefit, which gives them a stipend to spend on traditional healing.
