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Researchers Use Advanced Technology to Detect MIS-C
Scientists want to improve diagnostic techniques for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, which became a confounding problem during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Importance of the Physician Advisor
The physician advisor role has been evolving over the last couple of decades. Case managers are discovering their relationships with these clinicians can be incredibly valuable when made a priority.
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Embarking on Case Management Research
As case managers go about their days, they are constantly discovering and solving problems, often without even realizing it. Part of the role is to troubleshoot issues with discharge, utilization management, and more — but once the issue is resolved, that often is the end of it. However, when case managers seek solutions for their problems, they are engaging in research.
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Reservation Program Saves Beds, Prevents Readmissions
A health system tackled the challenges of transitioning patients to SNFs through a relationship with a multisite SNF. Together, the organizations created a bed reservation program, which results in a smoother and more effective transition process.
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Discharge Navigators Facilitate More Efficient Transitions
SNF beds were limited in one hospital’s region, even before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated nursing home staffing across the United States. ECU Health’s solution has been to assign a discharge navigator to work on obtaining authorizations for transferring patients to SNFs. Instead of waiting for the SNF to obtain authorization for a particular patient, the discharge navigator handles this task.
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Standardized Process for SNF Transitions Helps Prevent Readmissions
Using Lean methodology, Monument Health in Rapid City, SD, created a care transition process that reduces excess hospital days, prevents readmissions, and shortens the time it takes from discharge order to the patient leaving the hospital.
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Hospital Cuts Readmissions in Half with Process Improvement Strategy
Employees at HonorHealth Network in Phoenix work toward reducing readmissions. This is why the health system created a process improvement program that addresses the challenges of frequent users. In 2022, the program reduced readmissions among patients with complex care plans by 51%.
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Health Systems Improve Post-Acute Transitions
Transitioning patients from the hospital to skilled nursing facilities has become more difficult for case managers since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Case management leaders from several different hospitals have developed solutions.
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Neurologists Try to Predict Cognitive Impairment Earlier
Researchers used easy memory tests among healthy participants to determine who might be more likely to need closer monitoring.
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Unified Defense Not Always Possible in Malpractice Claim
Defense counsel must be aware of competing interests in any case. Attorneys should engage in frank discussions with the hospital and any employed staff who are named defendants. There must be a cohesive strategy. Individual staff members named in lawsuits should not be speculating on whether a staffing shortage existed, or whether a staffing shortage caused or contributed to a patient’s alleged injury.