Case Management Advisor – December 1, 2005
December 1, 2005
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Feeling frustrated and challenged by your job? You’re not alone
In todays health care arena, case management duties and job descriptions are changing rapidly, often resulting in feelings of frustration and disconnection among case managers in the managed care industry. -
P4P program rewards providers for quality
With the goal of boosting outcomes for health plan members, BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina has developed a pay-for-performance program open to hospitals and physician groups in the network. -
CHF project aims to bridge gap between providers
Drawing on 20 years of quality improvement experience, MPRO, Michigans Health Care Quality Improvement Organization, is bringing together hospitals, home health agencies, and physician practices to come up with solutions to communications barriers between providers, with the ultimate goal of improving the outcomes for the states cardiovascular disease patients. -
Administrative support helps keep LOS low
There are times when EDs can achieve dramatic improvements in average length of stay (ALOS) or reductions in their left without being seen (LWBS) percentages in a relatively short period of time by instituting significant new process improvements, such as bedside registration or new triage protocols. -
Hospices, hospitals focus more on palliative care
Palliative care programs are growing in number and prominence at hospitals and hospices across the nation, as increasing numbers of health care providers want to focus on medicine used as much for comfort and quality of life as for diagnoses and cures when dealing with patients who have chronic illnesses for which there are no easy resolutions. -
ICU patients at risk for preventable errors
Patients face a significant risk for preventable adverse events and serious medical errors in hospital critical care units, according to a study sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). -
Start with simple steps to cut procedure costs
El Camino Surgery Center in Mountain View, CA, always has scored high in all the categories of the study on Knee Arthroscopy with Meniscectomy benchmark study by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Cares Institute for Quality Improvement.