Discharge Planning Advisor Archives – February 1, 2009
February 1, 2009
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Discharge planners and home care staff need to improve communication
The transition from hospital to home health can be a rocky one, which is why hospital discharge planners need to make communication with home health staff a priority, experts say. -
How to prevent crises during transitions in care
Discharge planners can prevent many problems that might occur during a patient's transition from the hospital to home care by focusing on communication with staff from the home care agency or other post-acute setting. -
Too few chronic patients referred to post-acute care
Clinicians often fail to identify patients who need home care services or other post-acute care after they're discharged from the hospital, research shows. -
Improving referrals to post-acute care
After years of research regarding post-acute care referrals and outcomes of at-risk patients, a researcher has concluded that more education and discharge planning resources are needed. -
New CM adherence guidelines expected soon
Discharge planners soon will have revised guidelines to assist them with case management adherence. -
Tips to teaching patients with low health literacy
The first step to teaching patients who have low health literacy is to assess the barriers to their understanding medical instructions, an expert advises. -
Study: Deficits in discharge docs of transferred patients
Anticoagulation therapy is effective and common treatment for many hospital patients, but there's a high risk for certain patients, including those over age 70. -
For the Record: Know nuts & bolts of CMS Condition Codes 42, 43
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), of Baltimore, requires Condition Code 42 to be used when a hospital patient is discharged to home health services. -
Hospital-acquired conditions explained by CMS
Hospital providers need to be fully aware of the new steps taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report and prevent hospital-acquired conditions.