Case Management Advisor – April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016
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Palliative Care's Role for Case Managers Increases
Case management’s team-based approach to improving quality of care increasingly is being used for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
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Integrating palliative care in case management can work
The recent surge in palliative care growth has been partly fueled by the Affordable Care Act’s focus on improving healthcare quality.
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Patient’s last goal was to attend family reunion
A hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner recalls the case of a patient with a pressure ulcer that would not heal.
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Patient only needed someone to listen
A woman visited the clinic, seeking palliative care services and to see a provider about managing her pain and her goals for care.
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Care coordination model works well with diabetes patients
An outpatient case management and care coordination program targeted a population of people with diabetes to improve quality of life and medical care.
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High reliability organizations aim high, strive for zero
With the high reliability organization concept, hospitals are aiming not to just improve and reduce errors, but to completely eliminate them.
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Hospital culture must be measured, not just improved
Hospitals strive to have the right culture, particularly when it comes to patient safety, but measuring improvement can be challenging.
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Malpractice can begin at the front desk with simple errors by admissions staff
Seemingly simple errors at the front desk can have devastating effects on patient safety and may expose the hospital to litigation that is more damaging than malpractice lawsuits, warns a lawyer who has studied the issue.