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The Joint Commission H1N1 forum, a web-based discussion forum, is designed to allow health care organizations to exchange information about the pandemic, innovative solutions, and suggestions that can help other organizations manage patient care during the H1N1 pandemic more effectively.
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This is the first of a two-part article that discusses best practices for the care of patients with dementia. This month we look at an overview of the challenges presented by dementia patients and techniques that improve care.
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Case managers went to nursing school to take care of people, something they find themselves doing less and less in most practice settings...
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This is the second of a two-part article that discusses the safety of home health employees. Last month, we looked at the types of workplace hazards home health employees face in patients' homes. This month, we look at how improving employee safety can affect recruitment and retention of employees and specific actions to take when an employee reports an unsafe situation.
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Ensuring employee safety requires more than a set of policies and procedures.
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Now is a good time to be a case manager, leaders in the field report. New opportunities are opening up for case managers as the country struggles with ways to provide optimal health care for everyone while minimizing soaring costs for care.
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Recognizing that patients who don't take medication for chronic conditions as prescribed are more likely to have poor control over their independence, Blue Cross has launched a program to coach people on medication adherence.
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Often, problems that are a continual thorn in the side for patient access simply cannot be solved without the help of other departments. Likewise, you can spread no small amount of goodwill by helping others with their own troublesome "pain points." Here are some ways to improve cross-departmental relationships:
