Hospital Case Management – May 1, 2006
May 1, 2006
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Case managers can take the lead in pay-for-performance initiatives
At some point in the not-too-distant future, your hospitals reimbursement is likely to hinge on its performance on quality measures, at least for some diagnoses. -
LTACHs offer opportunities for patient contact
If youre looking for an opportunity to develop a close relationship with your patients and manage their care for weeks and months, rather than days, consider working at a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH), says B.K. Kizziar, RN, CCM, CLCP, owner of B.K. and Associates, a case management consulting and life care planning company in Southlake, TX. -
Following CF patients throughout continuum
A case management program that follows adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) through the continuum of care has paid off for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. -
Critical Path Network: Dashboard helps hospitals focus on core measures
A color-coded performance-tracking dashboard posted in strategic locations helps clinicians at INTEGRIS Rural Healths hospitals stay focused on the core measures of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). -
Critical Path Network: Balanced scorecard helps CMs focus on improvement
A balanced scorecard showing case mix, length of stay, charges per case, and other data on a monthly and quarterly basis helps the case managers at INTEGRIS Rural Health focus on areas where their hospital needs to improve. -
Critical Path Network: Comply with JCAHO’s goal to label all medications
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) National Patient Safety Goal requiring all medications to be labeled sounds simple enough, but its proving to be difficult for many organizations. -
Report: A growing ‘quality chasm’ for hospitals
A new study from HealthGrades, a Golden, CO-based health care ratings company, names the top 5% of hospitals in the country and also shows that this group has mortality rates that are 27% lower than other hospitals, with a 14% lower risk of complications. -
Access Management Quarterly: Use technology, creativity to tackle ED overcrowding
With a recent study highlighting the lack of surge capacity in the nations emergency departments (EDs) and concerns about how health care facilities would respond in the event of pandemic flu, its imperative that hospitals find meaningful patient throughput solutions, says James Bryant, director of emergency and transport services at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. -
Access Management Quarterly: Assess patient flow; use data to improve
The patient flow standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) are about planning, says Carol Gilhooley, director, survey methods development, in the division of standards and survey methods for the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based agency.