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Program seeks to stop asthma readmissions
As health care reform continues to unfold and performance-based payment models make more headway, emergency providers are pushing the boundaries beyond what the market has traditionally expected from this field of expertise. -
Case Management Advisor - Full January 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Incident reports don’t tell whole story
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CM interventions prevent readmissions, ED visits
Group Health Cooperative's case managers target patients with complex medical conditions and/or psychosocial issues who have been hospitalized and work with them on managing their health with a goal of avoiding admissions, readmissions, and emergency department visits. -
Be an advocate for your patients
Whenever theres something new that has to be done, theres a tendency for administrators in many settings to assign the task to case management, often with the comment that theyre already in the patient record. -
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Guidelines updated for bariatric surgery
Significant new scientific evidence published over the last four years has prompted three major medical societies to change their guidance on who should receive metabolic and bariatric surgery and which methods should be used. -
July issue: Best tips from your peers about how not to get sued
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Hospital Peer Review - Full November 2013 Issue in PDF
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Grooming the next QI physician champion
It can be very hard to find a physician champion for quality improvement projects. Docs are busy there are more responsibilities, patients are sicker, days are longer, and resources are tight.