Hospital Case Management – May 1, 2003
May 1, 2003
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ED case managers keep patients from falling through the cracks
Before Jackson Health System in Miami had case managers in the emergency department (ED), the average waiting time for patients who needed to be seen for follow-up was six months, and only about 22% of patients showed up for their appointments. -
Pediatric CM interventions improve care for patients
The first year that Christopher Chevalier, BSN, pediatric emergency department (ED) case manager at Jackson Health System in Miami, began referring young asthma patients to the hospitals new asthma center, ED visits for asthma decreased by 22%. -
Reorganization improves efficiency, cuts LOS
Following a comprehensive redesign of its case management department, the average lengths of stay (LOS) on some medical services at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) Medical Centers University Hospital have declined. -
CMs smooth path for referrals to specialty clinic
When patients at a busy emergency department (ED) are referred to a clinic for specialty care, they may fall through the cracks if no one follows up. -
Worried? HIPAA privacy regs should change little
When the privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 went into effect on April 14, they probably didnt mandate changing anything that you as a hospital case manager have been doing for years, says Sara Kraus, JD, an attorney practicing in the health care department of Proskauer Rose LLP in New York City. -
Guest Column: A better way to consider information technology
Information technology (IT) has brought many changes to the job of the hospital case manager, but does that mean that IT always is beneficial? -
Access Management Quarterly: LOS reduced as system hones case management
Its been more than a decade since Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, PA, took its discharge planning and utilization management functions and created a resource utilization department with a single director, says Susan Lawrence, MS, CPHQ, administrator of quality and case management. -
Access Management Quarterly: Committee seeks ways to enhance hospital revenue
When Donna Madlener agreed to lead the revenue enhancement committee for the James Cancer Hospital, which is part of The Ohio State University Health System (OSUHS) in Columbus, she signed on for a unique experience that went to the heart of such issues as financial responsibility and internal customer service. -
Access Management Quarterly: Registrars’ cash incentive raises hospital collections
Brown County General Hospital more than doubled its upfront cash collections over the past year by offering incentives to both registrars and their bosses, says Barb Dailey, patient access director at the Georgetown, OH, facility. -
Clinical Path Network: Asthma pathway treats and teaches patients
An asthma pathway was implemented at Childrens Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis because this chronic disease is the No. 1 hospital admission. -
Critical Path Network: AHRQ launches web site to aid in quality measure
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched a web-based National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) designed to be a one-stop shop for hospitals, physicians, health plans, and others interested in quality measures. -
Clinical Path Network: Check mental status or risk missing problems
When a 57-year-old man walked into the emergency department (ED) at North Broward Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with slurred speech and left facial drooping, his wife told nurses that the symptoms had started about 30 minutes earlier. We immediately assumed the worst case scenario: that it was a stroke, says Sharon S. Cohen, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, trauma clinical nurse specialist. -
HIPAA security rule now in its final form
Final security standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for protecting patient health information when it is maintained or transmitted electronically have been adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).