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A field-based disease management care program in which nurses meet face to face with members with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease has resulted in dramatic decreases in emergency department (ED) visits and hospital bed days for patients managed by RMS Disease Management Services in Vernon Hills, IL, an affiliate of DaVita Inc.
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When new members enroll in one of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahomas (BCBSOK) health promotion programs, they receive free equipment to help them monitor their chronic disease.
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Thanks to wireless technology, case managers working in Chicagos poorest neighborhoods no longer have lengthy waits to get referrals to other agencies for their clients.
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Although purchasing a new computed tomography (CT) scanner and associated software can cost upward of $1 million (used and/or refurbished machines may cost half that), money may not be the biggest obstacle to putting a CT scanner in your ED, say experts.
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Under a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the nations EDs will see payment rate increases of between 3.2% and 5% for services provided.
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When an intruder with a rifle entered Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage on March 10, 2004, the ED staff followed the hospitals procedures, which confined him to a corridor leading to the ED and kept ED staff and patients from being harmed. The gunman eventually shot himself, became a patient in the ED, and died from his wounds.
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The recent report on assisted reproductive technology (ART) by the Presidents Council on Bioethics has been drawing a favorable reception from groups advocating womens health and reproductive choice.
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A study shows only 50%-60% get recommended care. A recent analysis of data collected by the RAND Corp, a Santa Monica, CA-based health policy think tank, indicates that people in all parts of the nation are at risk for receiving poor health care.
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Although the researchers themselves focused on deficiencies in the delivery of health care, officials with the nonprofit consumer protection group, Public Citizen, claim the new analysis of health care quality conducted by the RAND Corp. demonstrates that the malpractice insurance crisis is not as great as tort reform advocates claim.
