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CDC Paring Down Patient Isolation Guidelines to User-Friendly Format
The CDC is revising its 2007 patient isolation guidelines, going from a ponderous 206-page “textbook” to a simplified “lean” document that healthcare workers can easily access and understand, according to recent discussions at a CDC advisory committee meeting. -
Pandemic Violence: HCWs Report Patients Spitting, Coughing on Them
Violent incidents have increased in healthcare facilities since the beginning of the pandemic. Among 833 study respondents, those with the highest rates of physical assault in the prior six months were ED security staff, nurses, and clinicians. -
Occupational Health Departments Hit Hard by Pandemic
In 2020, many individual clinical departments were overwhelmed when a series of COVID-19 surges began to inundate hospitals with infected patients. Suddenly, healthcare workers were imperiled. It fell to employee health professionals to work with colleagues and protect the workforce in a situation not seen in a century.
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Missed Nursing Care and Declining Patient Safety
While the immediate effect of the COVID-19 omicron variant on the healthcare workforce is the pressing issue, there were serious concerns about staff shortages and the effect of “missed nursing care” on patients well before the pandemic. -
Chatbots Can Help Care Managers Provide Ethical Treatment
There is no way around it — health systems are facing an ongoing shortage of clinicians to meet the needs of patients who require longitudinal care management. Chatbot technology turned out to be at least a partial solution to all these problems. The chatbots ask about the patient’s weight, blood pressure, and self-care behaviors. -
Integrating Behavioral Health and Medical Case Management
The effects of COVID-19 have brought behavioral health issues to light — and, in some cases, the handling of the pandemic has even caused behavioral health problems. With more patients presenting with mental and behavioral health issues, it is more important than ever to consider a collaborative model of care. -
Focus on Quintuple Aim to Address Workforce Burnout and Equity
If there is anything the COVID-19 crisis has shown healthcare leaders and case managers, it is the triple aim of focusing on improving population health, enhancing care experience, and reducing overall costs is not enough to improve value-based care. A quintuple aim of also prioritizing health equity and workforce wellness/burnout is needed. Both became crises during the pandemic. -
Remote Monitoring Program Benefits Patients — but Not Without Some Barriers
A remote monitoring program for patients with COVID-19 worked, but was less successful for Black patients, according to the results of a recent study. -
Heart Failure Treatment Can Increase Healthcare Expenses
Heart failure affects 6.2 million American adults and is implicated in more than 370,000 deaths each year. It costs the nation more than $30 billion a year, according to CDC data. By 2030, 8 billion people will be diagnosed with heart failure in the United States. The annual cost of caring for these patients is close to $30,000, mostly for inpatient care. The results of a recent review reveal the economic burden of heart failure for patients and the healthcare system is increasing due to high costs of hospitalization/rehospitalizations and chronic treatments.
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Discharge Waiting Room Gives Patients a Comfortable Place Between Bed and Home
A health system’s nurse case manager oversees a discharge waiting lobby that has helped shorten the time to discharge patients and frees beds for patients waiting in the ED. The discharge waiting lobby helps ease transitions during a difficult time for hospitals.