Case Management Advisor – August 1, 2006
August 1, 2006
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Creative approaches help members keep asthma under control
Health plans across the country are coming up with innovative ways to tackle asthma, a disease that costs $11.6 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to the American Lung Association. -
Comprehensive approach includes educating docs
Blue Cross of California State Sponsored Business takes a comprehensive approach to asthma management, partnering with the Fresno Valley Air Quality Board on ways to improve air quality in Fresno County, piloting a project to help physician practices improve their asthma treatment methods, and developing a three-tiered approach to managing members' asthma. -
Disease managers visit asthma patients in the ICU
When members of Passport Health Plan are hospitalized in the intensive care unit for asthma, the plan's asthma disease managers visit them on-site and work with the hospital's asthma educator to help them learn to manage their disease. -
Asthma management program shows a 2-1 ROI
Optima Health's asthma disease management program has generated $2.10 in savings for every dollar spent on members who have been continuously enrolled over a five-year period. -
Plan takes a collaborative approach to asthma
The saying, "It takes a village" applies to asthma control as well, says Pamela Persichilli, RNC, director of clinical operations for Horizon NJ Health. -
System shows diversity in rapid response teams
The implementation of rapid response teams in seven different facilities in the Seton Healthcare Network in Austin, TX, is a virtual "living laboratory" of the many different ways hospitals can create and implement rapid response teams and they all seem to be working, says Alice Davis, RN, BSN, senior project coordinator, medical staff services. -
Be vigilant: Sharps safety still tops OSHA citations
Despite widespread conversion to sharps safety devices, hospitals are more likely to be cited for violations of the bloodborne pathogens standard than any other standard. -
Hospice offers end-of life planning to community
Hospices sometimes find it challenging to meet a community's needs in end of life planning and bereavement services, since these are only a small part of the services a hospice provides.