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Critical Path Network: Central admissions process improves patient care
At Central DuPage Hospital, a dedicated team of nurses, called patient admission coordinators, manage the admission of all patients. -
Critcal Path Network: Help your hospital with CMS' 'inpatient only' list
As a hospital-based case manager, you're in a position to help your hospital avoid possible revenue loss by ensuring that Medicare patients who receive surgery at your facility are scheduled as inpatients if the procedure is on the "inpatient-only" list developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). -
Critical Path Network: Watch for Medicare discharge notice change
Beginning on July 1, hospitals will be required to give Medicare patients a notice of their right to appeal their discharge within two days of admission, answer any questions, and then obtain the signature of the patient or his or her representative. -
Palliative care unit tailors care to whole patient
The acute palliative care unit at Summa Health System's Akron City Hospital takes a holistic approach to meeting the needs of patients with advanced complex illnesses and their families. -
Access Management Quarterly: Interpreter service helps care quality, report says
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Critical Path Network: GA hospital uses scan forms for CVA clinical pathway
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Hospital uses scan form to integrate pathways and improve quality
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Successful automation requires integrated effort
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Access Management Quarterly: Read between the lines for ‘ominous’ message
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Engaging physicians is key to successful CM