Hospital Case Management
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ED Care Transition Teams Can Address Behavioral, Social Needs
Health systems that employ care coordination/case management teams in the ED can save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and improve the health of some of their most vulnerable patients. The results of a recent study showed that frequent ED users experience higher death rates and greater health-related social needs. One solution is care coordination and communication.
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IHI Provides Practical Steps for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality From Opioids
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has collaborated with the Boston Medical Center to provide a set of best practices for reducing morbidity and mortality related to opioid use disorder, focusing on practical steps that can be taken immediately. Simply reducing the number of opioid prescriptions is not enough, the report authors wrote.
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This Flu Season, Consider These Tactics to Manage Capacity, Prioritize Safer Care
Hospitals and EDs should be prepared to manage the kind of capacity problems that result when hospitals accustomed to running at or near full capacity are slammed with a steady flow of influenza patients, many of whom require hospitalization. There are several tactics that can help hospitals and EDs manage the kind of capacity challenges that occur during flu seasons and other periods of peak volume.
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Tips for Becoming a More Effective Leader
Case managers facing frustration and burnout can learn simple skills to reduce stress and become more effective leaders.
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Career Outlook for Case Managers
In today’s hospitals, the role of case manager has expanded greatly as regulatory demands have increased. Case managers in large hospitals have moved into C-suite roles, where they can greatly influence the hospital’s processes and procedures to improve the patient’s experience and outcome. They also can address payer and regulatory issues.
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Optimizing COPD Discharge Planning
Patients are not one size fits all when discharged with COPD. However, in readmission rates they are all lumped together, one expert says.
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Healthcare Facility Uses Lean Principles to Enact Systemwide Culture Change
A hospital’s process improvement (PI) could begin with a focus on reducing gaps in quality service. The Cleveland Clinic started such a process, focusing on engaging all employees in process improvement — rather than leaving the work to one PI team.
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Risk Assessment Tool Helps Identify People in Need of Case Management
The Valley Risk Assessment Tool, created by The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, NJ, is a two-page, two-column chart that assigns a level to each category of risk.
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Tips to Improve Quality and Efficiency in Case Management Departments
One of the first steps to streamline case management operations is to reassign staff to new roles, such as focused discharge planning jobs and utilization review.
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Team-Based Case Management Improves Care Coordination
A health system’s focus on revamping its care coordination led to a reduction in some 30-day readmissions, as well as other benefits.