Case Management Advisor – March 1, 2017
March 1, 2017
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With GWEP, Health Network Keeps High-risk Elderly Healthier
The nation’s elderly population is growing at a rate of 10,000 people per day, and the healthcare industry will have difficulty handling their medical needs optimally without more clinicians trained in geriatric care.
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Advance Care Planning Education is Invaluable for Case Management Patients
Advance care planning education can provide patients and their families with valuable information for making decisions about patients’ care at times of health crisis, or end of life.
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Health System Defines Chief Advance Directives
The Frederick Regional Health System in Frederick, MD, has created an advance care planning educational program for people and providers in the community.
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Will New Healthcare Regulations Go into Effect — Or Be Shelved?
President Donald Trump’s executive order of Jan. 30, 2017, has created a great deal of uncertainty for healthcare organizations and a major challenge for the FDA.
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Are Lengthier Interviews on Readmission Worth the Time?
Some hospitals are implementing more in-depth patient interviews on readmission, seeking to collect more and better data that can help identify quality issues that might be addressed. But do the results justify the investment?
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Worried About Staff Burnout? Here Are Prevention Strategies
Most healthcare organizations have to deal with staff burnout and stress, but there are healthy strategies and policies that can help staff deal with these common workplace woes.
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C. Difficile Reduced 75% With Targeted Interventions
A hospital in Medford, OR, reduced its rates of C. difficile infections by three-quarters with a targeted approach intended to identify exactly what strategy is the most effective after previous attempts left hospital leaders wondering which of several interventions had worked.