Hospital Case Management
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Case Management in Hospitals Is Being Transformed to Care Coordination
The hospital case management role that has been prevalent for more than three decades is transforming, hospital-by-hospital, into a value-based care coordination role.
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Case Management Leaders: Without You, We’re Nothing, Part Two
This month, we will review five traits of effective leaders and examples of how they apply to case management.
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Offering Patients Hospital Care at Home
With hospitals and EDs overwhelmed with patients in many communities, there is growing interest in a concept that provides hospital-level care in the home for certain patients.
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Stop on REDD: Researchers Study Discharge Data on High-risk Patients
Researchers from Penn State and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania developed a discharge-planning model they say is ahead of its time because it does not focus solely on readmission risks.
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Grant Funds ED Case Management for At-risk Population
A new grant is helping to provide a path toward stability for patients with mental and behavioral health issues who come to the ED.
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Tips for More Effective Pediatric Discharge Planning
Caring for hospitalized children involves a unique look at creating plans of care and keeping the family calm and informed, experts say.
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Early Warning in EHR Decreases ICU Transfers After Rapid Response Team Calls
Alerting ICU nurses to patients’ early warning scores can decrease rapid response team calls and transfers to intensive care after a call, one hospital found.
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Team’s Goal Involved Reducing ED Visits With Case Management Follow-up
Sentara Medical Group in Norfolk, VA, developed a plan to reduce ED utilization and readmissions. The organization’s risk-sharing contracts provided an incentive and extra boost to its efforts.
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Case Management Leaders: Without You, We’re Nothing, Part 1
This month, we will discuss why case management leaders continue to be so challenged and how they can cope with this ever-growing and demanding job.
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Emergency Providers Play a Pivotal Role in Suicide Prevention
With suicide rates rising, there is a new focus on what frontline providers can do to address the problem.