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When developing a policy on informed consent, you must use accreditation standards, as well as state law and the Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or Ambulatory Surgery Conditions for Coverage, says Sue Dill Calloway, RN, Esq., BSN, MSN, JD, director of hospital patient safety at The Doctors Co./OHIC Insurance Co., Columbus, OH.
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A company with 100 employees dedicates an entire floor of the building to a fitness center, but like many companies, has had financial setbacks due to the recession. Suddenly, the employee gym looks like a very bad investment.
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Transitions in health care are changing more quickly than patients' expectations, which is why it's important to address these expectations head-on, an expert notes.
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When asking for resources for an occupational health initiative, you need to prepare a realistic program with solid goals and objectives; otherwise, you risk the program failing and your credibility diminished. Avoid these pitfalls:
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One key to discharge planning is understanding what might prevent your patient from following medication and other instructions.
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If you are managing the care of a catastrophically ill or injured patient who needs complex care planning, coordination of resources from many sources, and a large allocation of financial resources that could cause the patient to reach his or her maximum lifetime benefit, it could be helpful to you and the patient to find out who may be sharing the risk.
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An approach that incorporates its telephonic integrated health coaching services with health plan case management and other health management programs, community-based resources, and physician practices has paid off for Health Integrated.
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Dania Anderson, LCSW, is something like a detective. As an outreach coordinator for Health Integrated, a targeted population health management company, Anderson visits doctors' offices, hospitals, clinics, group homes, soup kitchens, and other community agencies in her quest to locate health plan Medicaid members receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits who could benefit from Health Integrated's care coordination programs.
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At Summa Health System, hospital case managers, called patient care coordinators, often are the first people to alert the palliative care team when a patient could benefit from a consultation and the first people the team contacts to find out what's going on with a particular patient.
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A Six Sigma project to improve documentation of patient status has resulted in increased satisfaction, increased productivity, and decreased denials for Medicare reimbursement for Virtua Health, a four-hospital health system in southern New Jersey.