Hospital Case Management – April 1, 2004
April 1, 2004
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Discharge initiatives help transition patients through continuum of care
A pre-discharge order form and an 11 a.m. target time for discharging patients are among the initiatives the care management teams at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston have created to help move patients through the continuum of care more efficiently. The 596-bed tertiary care center serves as a resource for the entire state of South Carolina. -
Working with physicians benefits patients’ care
The best way for hospital case managers to provide patient-centric care is to get themselves in a position to influence the physicians who are treating their patients, asserts Stefani Daniels, RN, MSNA, managing partner of PHOENIX Medical Management Inc., a Pompano Beach, FL-based consulting firm. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: Successful CM program gets JCAHO approval
With a care coordination program in place that has dramatically reduced acute care and emergency department (ED) utilization by the chronic frail elderly while enhancing patients quality of life, Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region (SHSSR) was looking for a way to take the program to yet a higher level, says Jan Van der Mei, RN, care management director. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: A quick view of JCAHO’s DSC certification
The Disease-Specific Care (DSC) certification offered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is designed to evaluate disease management and chronic care services provided by hospitals, health plans, disease management service companies, and other care delivery settings. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: Carefully follow the law for post-acute referrals
As government agencies begin to crack down on providers who are not honoring patient choices, hospital case managers should be more diligent than ever when referring patients for post-acute services. -
Critical Path Network: Simulation assesses PI design prior to implementation
The latest requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) call for more detailed evaluation of processes than ever before, causing one health care system to look to industry for the tools needed to respond appropriately. -
Critical Path Network: Flow-gorithms: New tools for process improvement
At the heart of the decision to use computer simulation modeling at Overlook was the need to answer one basic question: Will the flow-gorithms work? -
Critical Path Network: Simulation shows promise for health care modeling
The use of computer simulation modeling at Overlook Hospital was really a very simple application of a simulation model, asserts Dan Krupka, PhD, managing principal of Sherborn, MA-based Twin Peaks Group LLC. In fact, he says, the more complex the process, the greater the need for computer simulation. -
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