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This story is the first part of a two-part series on improving care of high-risk youth enrolled in Medicaid. This month, we cover the challenges of this population and new approaches being used. Next month, we examine the impact of improved quality on subsequent contacts with the juvenile justice system.
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The Speak Up program, sponsored by The Joint Commission (TJC), based in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, is designed to improve patient safety by teaching patients how to become involved in their health care, thus reducing medical errors.
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To manage chronic headaches, the sufferer must play a key role.
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Whether patients are being discharged from the hospital to home, another level of care, or transferred to the care of another health care provider, communication is crucial to ensure a safe discharge or transition, says Hussein Tahan, DNSc, MSN, RN, CNA, executive director, international health services at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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By working closely with a carefully chosen network of skilled nursing facilities, The Methodist Hospital in Houston has smoothed the transitions in care for patients being discharged to the facilities.
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A project in British Columbia has resulted in a list of strategies that can be used in a primary care physician office and an adult literacy program to improve health literacy among patients.
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When patients don't follow their discharge instructions and end up back in the hospital, it may be that they simply don't understand what they were supposed to do at home.
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
