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Hospital’s wellness program cuts health care costs by more than $5 million in five years
At the place where employee health and hospital benefits and wellness programs intersect, some striking results can be achieved. For JFK Health in Edison, NJ, an employee wellness program, fueled by individual and group biometric data, has resulted in these encouraging outcomes:
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An extra day in the hospital may prevent readmissions, reduce mortality
With penalties rising for hospitals with high readmission rates, the solution may be to keep patients a day longer, researchers at Columbia Business School concluded.
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CM-physician alignment cuts length of stay
The average length of stay for patients with pneumonia, sepsis, and heart failure dropped by one day when a care coordinator was assigned to a hospitalist group and followed its patients throughout the hospital stay during a pilot project at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, VA.
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CM extenders can free up licensed staff to do what they do best
At a time when hiring RN case managers and social workers is a challenge, it may be time to look at hiring case management extenders.
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Have Data Ready to Back Up Your Need for More Staff
Never ask your hospital’s management to approve more staff unless you have the evidence for the return on investment for your request.
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Is Your Staffing Ratio Right for Your Case Management Model?
The department must have adequate staff that are assigned appropriate responsibilities, experts say.
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CMS sets the table for regulation requiring antibiotic stewardship programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not currently have regulations in place to require antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals, but the fact that it expanded that section in the final version of its infection control survey suggests that is only a temporary situation.
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CMS issues infection control survey
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its long anticipated infection control survey for hospitals, telling its inspectors the requirements are “effective immediately” and can be used to issue citations in unannounced inspections.
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Hospital’s transition program coordinates care throughout the continuum
The Transitions Home program at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital has reduced the all-cause readmission rate for the 532-bed Cedar Rapids, IA, hospital from 11.4% to an average of 10%.
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Worksheet is a guide to discharge planning CoPs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final worksheets for state and federal surveyors to use when they assess hospitals’ compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation for quality assessment and performance improvement, infection control, and discharge planning.