Hospital Case Management – May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
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Health Systems Should Stay on Top of Longitudinal Care Curve
Payers are moving toward longitudinal or value-based care across the care continuum, but health systems are lagging in building an infrastructure for this newer model.
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Patient Reassessments Help Hospital Reach Top Goal of Patient Safety
A children’s hospital targeted seven-day readmissions, successfully reducing the rate after instituting a patient safety case management program.
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The Case Manager’s Role in Palliative Care
For many patients, symptoms such as severe pain, fatigue, reduced functional ability, and shortness of breath are debilitating, yet go unaddressed.
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Case Study: New York Hospital Meets a Palliative Care Mandate
End-of-life discussions with patients and families can be difficult. It is the elephant in the room that physicians, case managers, and other healthcare professionals hesitate to discuss.
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Loneliness Prevalent Among Older Adults, With Negative Effects on Health
Hospital case managers should be alert to the risk of their patients suffering from loneliness and social isolation. These conditions can worsen mental and physical health outcomes for patients and are fairly commonplace among older populations.
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Building Resilience and Gratitude in Case Management Practice
In healthcare, life comes at you fast — and case managers may struggle to handle it all. That is when it pays to bring up the adage, “Control what you can, accept the rest.”
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Dynamic Dashboard Gives Bedside Case Managers Ready Knowledge
Case managers often encounter inefficiencies in their daily work due to poor communication and lack of actionable data. As one health system has learned, this obstacle can be eliminated with the right data metrics and dynamic dashboard.