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Housing Instability Associated with Longer Hospital Stays, Higher Costs
New data reveal some insight on a key social determinant of health.
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Confusion Over ED Instructions Remains Unaddressed Even After Discharge
There is an opportunity to make the ED a place where people feel heard and like they received what they needed, which is especially important because the ED is a crucial point of contact for some historically underserved populations.
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Parents Struggle to Contact Ethics Consultants
If they do not know the service even exists, how can patients or families ask for an ethics consult?
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Healthcare Teams Want Transparency, Recognition from Leaders During Crises
When researchers studied how COVID-19 surges affected teamwork, they found something essential and seemingly innocuous: Frontline staff, including care coordinators, wanted face time with their leaders.
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Research Shows How Teamwork Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis response relied on interprofessional teamwork. But for care coordinators and pharmacists, the team experience during the pandemic was far from optimal, according to a recent study.
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Hospital Initiative Reduces 30-Day Readmission Rate for Heart Failure
A hospital’s heart failure pilot program showed great promise when it launched in late 2019, but is ready for a reboot in the post-pandemic era. The program led to a double-digit drop in the 30-day readmission rate for heart failure patients.
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Build a Healthy Relationship with Insurance Providers
It can be a tense relationship. Healthcare systems and providers — including case managers — have admitted it sometimes feels like insurance is the enemy, and patients have been known to carry that same sentiment. How should case managers and other healthcare professionals work out a healthy connection with insurance companies, and even work to strengthen that connection to help build a more positive view of the relationship among healthcare, insurance, and the patient?
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Care Managers Help Improve Birth Outcomes with Prenatal Coordination
Recent research shows a prenatal care initiative, called Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns, can produce positive health results. The program works with Medicaid beneficiaries in more than 30 states through maternity care homes.
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Age-Friendly Health System Initiative Improves Care Coordination
A new age-friendly initiative is a model focused on providing evidence-based care coordination to older adults and their caregivers. The goal is to train clinics to provide care that addresses what matters most to patients and their families.
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Focus on Social Determinants of Health Informs Hospital Discharge Practices
Health systems continue to address social determinants of health in their post-discharge care for patients. Case managers are on the forefront of this trend.