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When you're troubled by an ethical dilemma, don't go it alone. Reach out to your peers and your professional organizations for help, the experts say.
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Hospitals are working more proactively in forging relationships with the next-level-of-care providers, the experts say.
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Proposed rules for the creation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will require participating organizations to provide primary care to 5,000 or more patients and to meet 65 quality standards.
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The Department of Health and Human Services'(HHS) recently published proposed rule (42 CFR 425) for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) could result in some positive changes for the health care industry, but there are a few problems that should be corrected, an expert says.
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AmeriHealth Mercy's care coordinator, Lynne Major MSW, CCM, touches base with every member who comes into the physician office where she works, encourages them to call her if they have questions and spending extra time with those who have complex needs.
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An innovative care coordination pilot project jointly developed by AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies' Keystone Mercy Health Plan based in Philadelphia, PA, and providers affiliated with the Mercy Health System, also based in Philadelphia, PA, resulted in decreased costs, reduced hospital admissions, and a decrease in inpatient days for members in the health plan's Medicaid managed care plan.
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Seniors covered by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's Medicare Advantage plan are guided through the end-of-life (EOL) processes and are being empowered with the education, resources, and assistance they need to make their own decisions about what kind of care they want to receive at the end of life.
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Can the informed consent process actually provide too much information? That's the contention of HIV researcher Susan Allen, MD, MPH, DTM&H, director of the Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, based at Emory University in Atlanta, who points to a recent study she tried to conduct in Zambia of participants' knowledge about contraceptive options.
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The new edition of a widely used human subjects protection curriculum has an increased emphasis on community engagement and the importance of ongoing informed consent, says one of its developers.
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Acute stroke trials pose unique ethical challenges to researchers. Stroke interventions are extremely time-sensitive, meaning that decisions about treatment and research participation often must be made quickly.
