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Building Resilience and Gratitude in Case Management Practice
In healthcare, life comes at you fast — and case managers may struggle to handle it all. That is when it pays to bring up the adage, “Control what you can, accept the rest.”
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Loneliness Prevalent Among Older Adults, With Negative Effects on Health
Hospital case managers should be alert to the risk of their patients suffering from loneliness and social isolation. These conditions can worsen mental and physical health outcomes for patients and are fairly commonplace among older populations.
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Case Study: New York Hospital Meets a Palliative Care Mandate
End-of-life discussions with patients and families can be difficult. It is the elephant in the room that physicians, case managers, and other healthcare professionals hesitate to discuss.
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The Case Manager’s Role in Palliative Care
For many patients, symptoms such as severe pain, fatigue, reduced functional ability, and shortness of breath are debilitating, yet go unaddressed.
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Patient Reassessments Help Hospital Reach Top Goal of Patient Safety
A children’s hospital targeted seven-day readmissions, successfully reducing the rate after instituting a patient safety case management program.
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Health Systems Should Stay on Top of Longitudinal Care Curve
Payers are moving toward longitudinal or value-based care across the care continuum, but health systems are lagging in building an infrastructure for this newer model.
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Complex Research Ethics Question? Consultants Offer Their Expertise
A research ethics consultation serves as a resource to help answer investigators’ ethical questions.
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Study Investigates Reasons Why People Do Not Enroll in Clinical Trials
The study found that a main reason why so few people participate is because there is no trial for more than half of cancer patients for their particular type and stage of cancer.
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Expedited Review Worksheet Includes 111-Criteria Checklist
The IRB at Central Michigan University revised its IRB application to make it more efficient and more closely aligned with federal regulations under 45 CFR § 46.111.
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Remember IRB Review Criteria When Updating Application Design
A revised application served as an educational tool for researchers, and it helped reviewers focus on the 111 criteria and avoid bringing extraneous questions into their review.