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Morton Plant Mease Health Care in Clearwater, FL, has found an effective way to fill case management vacancies with qualified candidates.
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An accident has left John, 52, with a C-4 cervical-level fracture, and the prognosis is that he will remain a quadriplegic. Hospitalized in the intensive care unit, John has been assigned a catastrophic case manager, who has met with him and his wife, Mary.
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Beginning July 2, hospitals must begin a new process of notifying Medicare beneficiaries of their discharge appeal rights.
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In the wake of a first-of-its-kind settlement regarding the discharge of a homeless woman by a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Southern California, indications are that the disturbing issues it aims to address are far from unique.
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A two-pronged initiative under way at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, aims to provide interim housing for homeless patients who need home support services or assistance with medications as well as reduce the use of the hospital emergency departments (EDs) for primary care among homeless patients.
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With increasing demands on case managers' time and expertise, many professionals believe a reevaluation of staffing ratios is in order. The fact that staffing models vary significantly among hospitals complicates the issue.
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Until recently, available information supported the notion that the transdermal route of administration of estradiol has less hepatic impact than the oral route.
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Codes and colleagues from France followed a cohort of 251 women with chronic hepatitis C, and report data associating the severity of fibrosis established by liver biopsies with menopause and hormone therapy.
