Hospital Case Management
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Telehealth Works, but Younger Patients Prefer Video Calls
Patients older than age 50 years are less likely to have access to smartphones and computers to carry out video visits with providers, researchers noted. -
Case Management-Style Program Improves Pregnancy Health and Outcomes
Healthcare providers can help reduce maternal and infant mortality and improve women’s health during pregnancy by implementing a case management-style program that follows women throughout their pregnancy and for up to a year after they give birth. -
Younger Women at Increasing Risk of Illness, Death in United States
Recent research and reports paint an alarming picture of reproductive-age women’s health in the United States, suggesting societal-level changes and case management attention is needed to reduce avoidable deaths, particularly during pregnancy or recently after giving birth. -
Feds Seek Comments on Mail-Back Program for Unused Opioids
Patients could use prepaid envelopes to safely return surplus pain pills.
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When ED Providers Overlook Information Conveyed by EMS
The emergency physician and ED nurse should take the report together when EMS arrives. Listen to what EMS found at the scene, what they did in terms of treatment, and what the response to that treatment was. Together, decide on the next steps.
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An ED-Friendly Screening Tool to Identify Potentially Violent Patients
Considering violence is a continuing concern in the emergency setting, there is high interest in new mechanisms that can identify potentially violent patients at the front end of their care encounters. This way, safeguards or preventive measures can be activated to keep providers and other patients safe. However, any such tool needs to be brief and easily integrated into the workflow of a busy ED.
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Reduce Risks for Patients in Observation Unit
Observation units provide additional time to stabilize, treat, and develop rapport with an ED patient with a potentially serious condition. On the other hand, if observation units are used as a way to avoid admission, EDs may be exposed to additional legal risks.
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EMTALA Misconceptions for ED Patients in Observation Status
Once an ED patient is in observation status, providers might assume their EMTALA obligations are over. This is not the case. Observation is an outpatient status, even if exactly the same care is provided as inpatient status. As such, observation is merely an extension of ED care.
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Occupational Health Departments Hit Hard by Pandemic
In 2020, many individual clinical departments were overwhelmed when a series of COVID-19 surges began to inundate hospitals with infected patients. Suddenly, healthcare workers were imperiled. It fell to employee health professionals to work with colleagues and protect the workforce in a situation not seen in a century.
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Missed Nursing Care and Declining Patient Safety
While the immediate effect of the COVID-19 omicron variant on the healthcare workforce is the pressing issue, there were serious concerns about staff shortages and the effect of “missed nursing care” on patients well before the pandemic.