Hospital Case Management – April 1, 2003
April 1, 2003
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Changing health care environment can make discharge planning a juggling act
Its no longer enough for case managers to know where patients are going after discharge. Now they have to know each patients benefits as soon after admission as possible and be aware of what the benefits will and wont cover. -
Take a realistic approach when you plan a discharge
The days are long past when there were few limits to what a hospital case manager could recommend for a patients discharge plan. -
Educate yourself about alternative treatments
When physicians write discharge orders for patients, they leave the arrangements for the case managers to make. -
Look to reinsurer for help with catastrophic cases
If youre a hospital case manager with a catastrophically ill or injured patient, part of your job as advocate for the patient should be to find out who may be at risk financially for the patients care in addition to his or her health insurance coverage, says Joann C. Milne, RN, BSN, CRRN, PHN. -
Brush up on economic evaluation skills
Case managers frequently are involved in projects intended to identify optimal uses for health care resources. There are clear limits to what types of health care services can be provided, and this means that clinicians have to make choices about diagnostic tests and treatments. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: Hospital’s award-winning plan for prescription drugs
A social work professional at a 100-bed hospital in Indiana is getting free medications for patients who cant afford them with a program she says could be a model for health care organizations across the country. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: Redirect indigent funds for prescription drugs
W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MI, has dramatically increased the bang for its prescription drug buck by forming a medication assistance program (MAP) in conjunction with several community agencies, says Beth A. Smith, RN, MSN, MBA, director of case management. -
Discharge Planning Advisor: Partnership gets drugs for needy patients
Obtaining prescription drugs for patients who cant afford them has been a problem for Athens (GA) Regional Medical Center for the 18 years that Beverly A. Baker, CRC, CCM, has been with the hospital, she says. -
Conference targets quality in case management
Experts will share their proven ideas for successful case management at the 8th Annual Hospital Case Management Conference, Delivering on the Promise of Case Management: Making an Impact in a Challenging Health Care Environment, to be held April 27-29, 2003, in Atlanta. -
Critical Path Network: Don’t let sepsis threaten patients — watch for signs
When a teen-ager came to Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati with a sunburn-like rash, a life-threatening cause was identified by an emergency department (ED) nurse. -
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