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Community Health Worker Program Cuts Costs, Admissions for Heart Failure Patients
After total healthcare costs decreased by 79% for at-risk heart failure patients who were followed after discharge by a team of RN continuum case managers and community health workers, Sentara RMH Medical Center expanded the program.
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Interactive Post-discharge Calls Improve Outcomes, Save Time for Case Managers
Readmissions have dropped and patient satisfaction has increased among patients at UAB Medicine who receive interactive post-discharge follow-up calls.
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Don’t Let Use of Technology Violate Patient Confidentiality
Every case management department should have a firm policy that prohibits staff from posting anything related to work, including photographs, on social media.
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Embrace Technology, But Use Caution
Today’s essential equipment, such as laptops or cellphones, can be a roadblock to building rapport with patients if they are not implemented correctly.
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Throw Away Paper Notes and Move Into World of Technology
The technology revolution can be a boon to case managers by saving time and making their jobs easier — but there are pitfalls to relying too much on electronic tools.
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Into the Gray: Local IRBs Must Define Research
It’s only fitting, with the revised Common Rule in limbo, that there should remain some uncertainty about what constitutes human research — and what doesn’t.
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Five Years in the Making, FDA Issues Final Rule on Data and Devices
The FDA issued a final rule, effective Feb. 21, 2019, to revise regulations about accepting data from clinical studies involving medical devices.
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The Search for Justice in the Human Genome
With sequencing of the human genome completed at the turn of this century, there was the heady expectation that the summit to great cures was about to be climbed like the iconic spiral staircase of DNA.
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Preparation, Communication Key to Establishing IRB of Record
The first time the Vanderbilt University and Medical Center IRB served as an IRB of record was 15 years ago — a decade before the concept began to catch on with multisite clinical trials and large IRBs.
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Smart Checklists Keep IRB on Track With Study Reviews
As an IRB office prepared for accreditation, staff looked for methods to increase compliance. An answer quickly formed: use the IRB’s electronic system to develop smart checklists.