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When McLaren Regional Medical Center got the news that 50 people injured in an airplane crash were headed toward the hospital, the case management staff sprang into action.
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You're a case manager in an ICU unit and your hospital is in the path of a Category 5 hurricane. How do you make sure your patients get to safety?
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Aging with Dignity, the United Health Foundation, the American Hospital Association, and other national and local organizations will distribute 500,000 advance directives in the coming year in a campaign to help patients and families make important advance decisions about end-of-life care.
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Mistakes involving patient classification and preauthorization of procedures are among a lengthy list of common errors made in the same-day surgery arena, says Bob Whipple, RNC, CCM, CCS, MHA, a Boston-based senior management consultant with ACS Healthcare Solutions, who specializes in all areas of the revenue cycle.
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Adding six nurses to the central scheduling department has dramatically reduced both denied claims and accounts receivable (AR) days at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, IL, says Karin Podolski, RN, MSN, MPH, CHAM, director of patient access.
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When Juneau-based Alaskan Brewing Company decided to apply to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)'s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP), the company had to comply with two major requirements.
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Many new employees are surprised when they are hired at Juneau-based Alaskan Brewing and find out they are encouraged to report accidents and safety concerns, says Curtis Holmes, plant manager.
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Health care costs have put wellness, including what employees eat, "front and center," according to Ben Kahn, assistant vice president of health and insurance programs at Portland, ME-based Unum, an employee benefits provider.
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Occupational health managers are dramatically improving safety with the help of a seemingly unlikely ally: the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
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When it comes to healthy food programs, occupational health managers face opportunities and challenges, says LuAnn Heinen, director of the Washington, DC-based Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity.
