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Some Joint Replacement Patients May Go Home the Same Day as Surgery
Joint replacement patients who meet criteria can be discharged the same day after surgery through a program at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases.
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Case Management Department Revamped in Response to Shift in Reimbursement
As DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, AL, began to assume more risk for patients after discharge, the leadership redesigned the case management department to meet the new challenges.
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Track SNF, Home Health Performance, and Share Data with Patients
If you’re not monitoring length of stay and cost of care data from your post-acute providers, you could be jeopardizing your hospital’s bottom line when pay-for-performance initiatives kick in.
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Collecting Data is a Key to Success — But You Have to Use it, Too
Hospital leadership and staff need to look at new ways of delivering care to succeed in the rapidly changing healthcare marketplace as CMS and commercial payers move toward basing reimbursement on quality.
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Many HCWs in Long-Term Care Skip Flu Shots
Immunization rates for healthcare workers in long-term care were at a meager 69% last flu season — and that was an improvement.
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To Curb Workplace Violence, Start Small, Consider Holistic Approaches
The Joint Commission has unveiled a resource center focused on providing guidance and materials for hospitals and other healthcare organizations that are trying to beef up security and better prepare staff to handle disturbances when they occur.
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Program Focuses Nursing on Patient Care Transitions
A Massachusetts program has developed a number of resources for improving transition of care that are now available for healthcare facilities to use at no cost.
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Complex Care Management Program Helps People with Challenging Conditions
Cambridge Health Alliance’s complex care management program involves teams of care managers helping patients make their medical appointments, adhere to medication regimens, and handle the various obstacles they face to improving their health.
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Case Management Program Successfully Cares for Patients in Community
A case management program that seeks to reduce costs, increase quality of care, and provide a better patient experience — the “triple aim” — has shown success in reducing hospital admissions and ED visits.
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Case Study Shows How Case Management Works With Very Ill Inmate
A nonprofit care management program’s collaboration with a local jail and health system has resulted in helping inmates both regain health and their post-jail lives.