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When trying to explain a complicated clinical trial to participants, which approach is better: a jam-packed standard-issue informed consent document, or a lower reading level, more interactive model? And which would subjects prefer?
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By collaborating with hospitals, schools, and members of the community, UPMC Health Plan is providing health care services to a population that has traditionally been underserved.
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The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC), a coalition of 27 multidisciplinary stakeholders led by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), has drafted a policy statement setting out problems stemming from transitions of care and outlining recommendations that can be taken by the health care industry and policy makers to improve transitions and patient care across the continuum.
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When an employee returns to work after a heart attack, chronic job stress doubles their risk for another coronary heart disease event, according to a recent study.1
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Hospice managers have long suspected that their care both improves quality and saves payers money. Now there's a major research study of Medicare end-of-life patients that demonstrates that hospice care saves money for most end-of-life patients.
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The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revise a recent ruling and make a number of care coordination services payable.
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Remote monitoring by trained telehealth care coordinators has improved the outcomes and saved costs for high-risk chronically ill patients in the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
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Hospital inpatients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are isolated from other patients to reduce the risk of colonizing other patients or visitors, but how does an outpatient surgery program isolate a patient when there often is a shortage of space and a need to move many patients through a single area in a short time?
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Recent federal and state cases involving accusations of fraud against outpatient surgery providers have gotten the attention of managers who wonder, could my program fall under similar scrutiny?
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Now that we've started a new year, let's have no more resolutions. We're going to do something different this year. We are going to change our behavior (oh, yes, completely different from resolutions!) in areas that scream for attention.