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Care management assistants help improve patient flow, care transitions
The addition of care management assistants to the care management team at Spectrum Health Grand Rapids hospitals has contributed to work flow efficiencies, compliance, interdisciplinary teamwork, and smooth transitions of care.
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Technology is essential today, but there are pitfalls
Technology, which was supposed to make case managers’ jobs easier, save time, and reduce stress, can also create problems, limit communication, and increase the silos that healthcare professionals are trying to eliminate.
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Case managers just can’t do it all alone
It’s not just the responsibility of the case manager to support good transitions, reduce avoidable readmissions, and improve patient safety and quality care during and after the hospital stay.
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There’s no magic number for case management caseloads
When it comes to determining case management caseloads, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. But one thing is clear — if case managers have large caseloads, they can’t perform all the duties their role requires and do them well, the experts say.
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"Case Managers, You're Valuable. Now Get to Work."
While hospitals are giving case managers more responsibilities, many administrators are not approving an increase in staff to handle the extra work.
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Clarification
In the August issue of Legal Review & Commentary, in the story “Failure to update a patient’s EHRs leads to $35.4 million verdict against hospital,” we should have said that the plaintiff’s brain abnormalities required her treating physician to record her condition on a paper Problem List.
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Physician not following through on proposed plan costs hospital $4.8 million
An adult female went into the hospital for a consultation regarding surgery on her bowel. Upon examination and confirmation the woman was suffering from a leaky bowel, the surgeon recommended a laparoscopic ileocecectomy, which is a less invasive form of surgery using small incisions, special instruments, and cameras.
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Failure to transfer patient to a qualified facility results in $23 million jury verdict
In 2010, an infant was born prematurely and with a severe white matter brain injury known as severe cystic periventricular leukomalacia, which is a brain issue that will lead to a lifetime of complications. Earlier that same year, the mother of the child went to her obstetrician for routine tests, which revealed she had high blood pressure and protein in her urine.
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Research confirms ‘weekend effect’ on patient safety
Researchers from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, say more research is needed to understand why patients are more likely to die in the hospital on the weekend.
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UCLA Health targeted in cyber attack
The UCLA Health system in Los Angeles was the victim of a cyber attack involving the personal data of 4.5 million people recently, and it is facing two class-action lawsuits from those affected.