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Health system screens all patients for suicide risk
In what appears to be a first for a health system, Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas recently implemented suicide screenings for all patients.
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Help wanted: CBO to screen patients for benefits
When a hospital identifies that a number of patients have need for food assistance that has not been met, a quick fix is to partner with a community-based organization to meet that need.
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Health system’s case manager-led team improves care coordination
In efforts to develop a robust primary care network, a large healthcare organization has embedded case managers in primary care practices.
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Improving case managers’ relationship skills can make the job easier
Case managers can add to their skill set of communication and care coordination by focusing on relationship-building.
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Expand Your Case Management Team’s Reach
Developing relationships with care providers across the continuum gets it done.
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CMS Releases Guide to Preventing Readmissions Among Diverse Beneficiaries
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health has released a new Guide to Preventing Readmissions among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries.
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CMS Proposes Access to information for Quality, Patient Care Improvement
CMS has proposed rules that will expand access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery.
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Hospital Culture Must Be Measured, Not Just Improved
Hospitals strive to have the right culture, particularly when it comes to patient safety, but measuring improvement can be challenging. It’s not enough to strive for a health culture, says one expert. You also have to know if you’re getting any closer to your goal.
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Follow Peer Review Procedures Rigorously to Protect Privilege
The peer review committee meets at 7 a.m., followed by a tumor board and then four administration meetings back to back. None of the physicians really want to be in the room at that moment, and one has showed up early for the next meeting and wants to stay there with her coffee and donut instead of coming back later.
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Don’t Overreach, and Argue for Broad Interpretation in Court
Courts typically see confidentiality issues arise in the context of discovery disputes in medical malpractice cases, says Karen Owens, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Coppersmith Brockelman in Phoenix. Naturally, plaintiffs’ counsel would like nothing better than to get into the peer review files they think will prove their case, so they will look hard for ways to squeeze past the statutory protections, she says.