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Case management stands at a crossroad and needs a common vision plan that unites case managers across the broad health care spectrum, a group of case management leaders have concluded.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched an Internet-based national quality measures clearinghouse containing current evidenced-based quality measures and measure sets to evaluate and improve the quality of health care.
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The average consent form for clinical trial volunteers is written at the 10th-grade reading level, while an estimated one in two American adults reads at or below an eighth-grade level, a new study has concluded.
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The U. S. Preventive Service Task Force has concluded that women older than 65 who have always had regular normal Pap smears may not benefit from continued routine screenings.
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Those baby boomers are doing it again. After dominating the job market, revolutionizing the music and entertainment scene, and setting American culture on its ear for all those years, theyre going to create major challenges to the health care market as they age.
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When elderly people need long-term care for themselves or their loved ones, they often experience sticker shock when they find out the cost.
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Disease management is a fluid process that often involves transitioning patients from the disease management team to case management for more intensive interventions, says Pam Mays, MPH, BSRN, RN, assistant vice president for care management of CIGNA Health Care.
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As a case manager, you are well accustomed to working in a number of roles. However, those roles can become complex when your patient advocate role does not mesh with the obligations you have to your employer.
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For people with asthma, the viral infections that cause the common cold are a major cause of health emergencies, including hospitalizations, a study at the University of Iowa Health Care has concluded.
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