Case Management Advisor – August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
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Case Manager Leadership Needed in Mass Shootings, Major Traumas
U.S. hospitals handle, on average, victims from a mass shooting every day. For most case managers, it’s not a matter of whether they and their colleagues will experience that traumatic event, but when.
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Case Managers Offer Advice on Handling Mass Shootings
Case managers can help their health systems prepare for the effects of mass shooting by taking several additional emergency preparedness steps.
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Care Management Can Drive Capitated Care Success
Case managers’ roles are evolving through focus on capitated models that focus on keeping patients out of hospitals and emergency rooms.
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Case Manager Offers Strategies to Improve Patient Communication
When working with elderly patients, it’s a good idea to initiate your visit or phone call with a conversation rather than direct health-related questions, suggests a case manager who has extensive geriatric experience and visits patients at their homes.
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Training, Drills Pivotal in Mounting Response to Orlando Shooting
Emergency providers generally have some warning when a hurricane or another natural disaster poses risks to the community. However, that is rarely the case with a mass shooting, as was evident in the early morning hours of June 12, when a lone gunman opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL.