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When Ocean Medical Center in Brick, NJ, and Meridian At Home care agency collaborated on a remote monitoring program for heart failure patients, the readmission rate for heart failure dropped from 14.93% before the program began to 4.84% in the first eight months of the pilot program.
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As a case manager, your job involves being an advocate for your patients as well as keeping your hospital's best interest in mind. That means you need to be informed about the financial aspects of patient care.
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[Editor's note: This is the second part of a multi-part series on demonstrating the value of case management to your organization. Last month, we discussed the vast array of financial and clinical outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of your department as well as to demonstrate its impact on the bottom line of the organization. This month, we discuss the tremendous amount of data that can be collected and used for performance improvement, within the department and across the institution. Next month, examples of case management report cards will show how to present this data in a usable format.]
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The utilization of services by self-pay patients has increased by 6.9% over the last fiscal year at St. Joseph's Hospital and Candler Hospital, both in Savannah, GA, says Susan M. Younggreen, director of patient financial services.
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Since its introduction in 2009, use of the non-latex FC2 Female Condom (Women's Health Co., Chicago) has grown.
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What is your facility's policy on providing multiple pill packs? Results of a new study might make you rethink your strategy.
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A ruptured ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester and accounts for 10 to 15% of all maternal deaths.
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After two pretreatment cycles, 196 patients with menorrhagia were randomized to tranexamic acid or placebo.
