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Discharge planning starts at admission. It's one of the most basic tenets of the discipline, notes Jackie Birmingham, RN, MS, CMAC, but one that is increasingly brushed aside as hospitals focus on utilization review (UR) and bed management in an effort to enhance patient throughput.
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When an elderly patient is hospitalized at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, FL, the case managers on the unit may call in a geriatric care manager who already has been working with the patient and has additional information that will be useful in creating the discharge plan.
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Case management is a collaborative process at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL, with advanced practice nurses leading a team that includes utilization managers, social workers, and staff nurses.
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A team approach to documentation enhancement has resulted in a reduction in accounts receivable days, more accurate billing, and dramatic decreases in the number of queries to physicians for clarification about documentation at the Catholic Health System of Buffalo, NY.
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At Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL, advanced practice nurses take the lead in meeting the hospital's goals of being in the top 10% of the core measures and other performance measures.
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A recent issue of Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society contains a special section of nine articles that focus on research designed to identify patient safety issues that can be addressed from an ergonomics perspective.
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Eye surgeons need to know if patients are taking alpha-blockers to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) because those drugs can cause complications during cataract surgery, say several national associations.
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When Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America aired this spring on ABC, many health care providers dismissed the movie as pure, exaggerated fiction about what could happen in terms of a pandemic or other patient surges.
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Peer review is a key component of any credentialing and privileging process but it does require some effort if the outpatient surgery program is office-based, admit experts interviewed by SDS Accreditation Update.