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Optimal Case Management Leadership Requires Subtlety, Advocacy
Hospital case managers are leaders, whether they realize it or not. Their role in standing up for patients and speaking with other healthcare professionals about patients’ needs provides case managers with leadership skills.
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Case Management in Hospitals Is Being Transformed to Care Coordination
The hospital case management role that has been prevalent for more than three decades is transforming, hospital-by-hospital, into a value-based care coordination role.
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Don't Delay: Multiple Options for Treating Psychiatric Emergencies
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Conservatives Work to Bar Private Coverage of Abortion
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Safety Warning Issued for Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now is asking clinicians to consider other treatment options besides fluoroquinolone antibiotics because of risks associated with their use.
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More Teens Are Up to Date on HPV Shot
Just-released data indicate human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination completion in U.S. adolescents increased by five percentage points from 2016 to 2017, and initiation of the vaccine has gone up 5.1 percentage points, on average, each year since 2013.
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Barriers Still Exist for Teen Access to Emergency Contraception
Even though age limits for purchasing emergency contraception (EC) were removed five years ago, results of a recent survey of more than 700 Texas pharmacies found that 46.5% of drugstores still have an age restriction for buying the medication, and more than 50% require a consultation before medication purchase.
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USPSTF Issues Final Guidance for Cervical Cancer Screening
The US Preventive Services Task Force has issued final recommendations for cervical cancer screening, calling for women ages 21 to 29 to be tested with cervical cytology every three years.
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Episode 7: The Time Is Now to Improve Psychiatric Emergency Care
When emergency departments are not prepared to handle psychiatric patients, quality of care declines, costs increase significantly, and hospitals open themselves up to legal liability and regulatory problems. In this episode, renowned psychiatric emergency expert Scott Zeller, MD, offers advice to healthcare leaders and others seeking to improve management of psychiatric emergencies. -
Catastrophic Brain Damage After Delayed Treatment, Respiratory Collapse Results in $26 Million Verdict
An attending physician failed to examine the patient for more than six hours after she presented to the ED.