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In the last two issues of Case Management Insider, we discussed issues associated with identifying and monitoring patient flow. This month we continue our discussion with a focus on the elements of patient flow associated with the inpatient setting. These issues relate directly to the provision of care as well as the progression of care for patients as they move through the acute-care continuum.
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When Patewood Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC, opened six years ago, the hospital administration recognized an opportunity to provide care that was centered around the patients and family members experiences, or patient-centered care, says Beverly Haines, MNEd, BRN, NE-BC, president of the 72-bed surgical hospital, which is part of the Greenville Health System.
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Its no longer enough for case managers to create a discharge plan and forget about the patient as soon as he or she is out the door, advises Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, CMAC, vice president emerita of clinical leadership for Curaspan Health Group, a Newton, MA-based transition management software company.
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When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the way in which it would reimburse hospitals based on the number of Medicare 30-day readmissions they had, hospitals began a long journey of discovery.
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By analyzing heart failure readmissions and collaborating with post-acute providers and community organizations, Essentia Health-St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd, MN, cut its readmission rate from 18% to a low of 6%.
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Using a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston launched a program to prevent readmissions.
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Nurses are at high risk of stress caused by work-family conflict (WFC) partly because of the physical and emotional demands of their long shifts. One solution could be to permit some worker self-scheduling, an expert says.
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The discharge planning worksheet that surveyors will use to assess hospitals compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation highlights the need for case managers to be more proactive in discharge planning and identifying the right post-acute setting in a timely fashion, says Laura Jacquin, RN, MBA, managing director for Huron Healthcare, a Chicago-based consulting firm.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is increasing its emphasis on discharge planning and has developed a worksheet for surveyors to use to determine if hospitals are in compliance with the Conditions of Participation.
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Nothing changes, nobody cares. That bleak title of a recent journal article tells the story of workplace violence through the eyes of emergency room nurses.
