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Patients who are discharged to the hospital with home care on Fridays are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within a week than patients discharged on other days of the week, according to Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., a Washington DC-based attorney specializing in health care issues.
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When Donna Zazworsky, RN, MS, CCM, FAAN, vice president of community health and continuum care for Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, AZ, ran a community case management program for high-risk congestive heart failure patients, she was surprised to discover that many of the patients did not understand their diagnosis or their discharge instructions.
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Smokers need not apply. That is the new policy of Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga, TN.
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Mental health screening should be part of your overall plan to assess risk, implement interventions, and establish outcomes measurement strategies, says Nancy W. Spangler, MS, OTR/L, a consultant to the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health and president of Leawood, KS-based Spangler Associates Inc.
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Three factors depression, stress and obesity together account for about half of the variance in the average workers' compensation cost per case at PPG Industries.
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When you are developing a post-discharge care plan for patients who will need some assistance at home, make sure the patient and family understand what is required of them and that they are aware of all their options, including paying for private home care services.
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WellPoint Inc.'s disease management program, designed to improve care for members with bipolar disorder, reported a 22% increase in medication compliance and a 14% decrease in behavioral inpatient services for members during a recent outcomes revaluation.
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When patients don't follow their discharge instructions and end up back in the hospital, it may be that they simply don't understand what they were supposed to do at home.