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Chatbots Can Help Care Managers Provide Ethical Treatment
There is no way around it — health systems are facing an ongoing shortage of clinicians to meet the needs of patients who require longitudinal care management. Chatbot technology turned out to be at least a partial solution to all these problems. The chatbots ask about the patient’s weight, blood pressure, and self-care behaviors. -
Integrating Behavioral Health and Medical Case Management
The effects of COVID-19 have brought behavioral health issues to light — and, in some cases, the handling of the pandemic has even caused behavioral health problems. With more patients presenting with mental and behavioral health issues, it is more important than ever to consider a collaborative model of care. -
Focus on Quintuple Aim to Address Workforce Burnout and Equity
If there is anything the COVID-19 crisis has shown healthcare leaders and case managers, it is the triple aim of focusing on improving population health, enhancing care experience, and reducing overall costs is not enough to improve value-based care. A quintuple aim of also prioritizing health equity and workforce wellness/burnout is needed. Both became crises during the pandemic. -
Remote Monitoring Program Benefits Patients — but Not Without Some Barriers
A remote monitoring program for patients with COVID-19 worked, but was less successful for Black patients, according to the results of a recent study. -
Heart Failure Treatment Can Increase Healthcare Expenses
Heart failure affects 6.2 million American adults and is implicated in more than 370,000 deaths each year. It costs the nation more than $30 billion a year, according to CDC data. By 2030, 8 billion people will be diagnosed with heart failure in the United States. The annual cost of caring for these patients is close to $30,000, mostly for inpatient care. The results of a recent review reveal the economic burden of heart failure for patients and the healthcare system is increasing due to high costs of hospitalization/rehospitalizations and chronic treatments.
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Discharge Waiting Room Gives Patients a Comfortable Place Between Bed and Home
A health system’s nurse case manager oversees a discharge waiting lobby that has helped shorten the time to discharge patients and frees beds for patients waiting in the ED. The discharge waiting lobby helps ease transitions during a difficult time for hospitals.
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Ethicist: Case Managers Can Fairly and Ethically Handle Patient Refusal to Discharge
In this Q&A, Trevor Bibler, PhD, MTS, assistant professor at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, explains the ethical dilemma of transitioning patients who refuse to leave the hospital. -
More Patients Are Refusing Discharge
The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented bottlenecks in moving patients through the care continuum. But more patients are simply refusing to be discharged from hospital beds. -
Cannabis-Related Visits Surge, Especially Among Children and Older Adults
When a patient presents to the ED with a cannabis-associated visit, this is a chance for providers to offer more education to prevent future problems.
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The Unique Legal Risks of Treating Geriatric Patients
When compared to younger persons, older adults are more likely to experience missed or incorrect diagnoses and inadequate pain management. Older adults who are discharged from the ED are more likely to be readmitted. They also risk functional loss and higher rates of mortality. Whenever possible, and with the permission of the older adult, the ED nurse should include the patient’s significant other, family, or support person in the assessment process.