Case Management Advisor – May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018
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Population Health Program Jumps From Lowest to Highest Performer
Healthcare organizations collaborate on population health initiatives, and the result is a quick improvement in clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.
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To Know Patients’ Social Determinants of Health Is to Understand Their Obstacles
Patients’ underlying social and personal issues, known as social determinants of health, can affect their hospital lengths of stay, readmissions, and overall health.
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Go 3-D: Here’s How to Add Power and Depth to Case Management Assessments
Case management assessments will lead easily into care plans when they’re created more robustly — a 3-D vs. 1-D assessment.
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Integrated Case Management Model Shows Which Resources Are Needed
An integrated care management team approach helped a health system improve clinical outcomes for patients, lower costs, and lower rates of healthcare utilization, according to a 10-year study.
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Strict Safety Briefings Reduce CAUTIs, CLABSIs, and Falls
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis was experiencing a problem familiar to many hospitals: It could make quality improvements, but had difficulty making those improvements stick, as there was a lack of bedside accountability.
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Red Light Says ‘Not Now’ for Nurses in Critical Work
There are times when a nurse's full attention is needed for a task that is critical to patient safety. One hospital is using red lights on workstations to indicate that the nurse must not be interrupted.
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Nurse Sues Health System for Firing After Safety Complaints
A hospital and health system in California is facing a lawsuit from a nurse who says she was fired for blowing the whistle on unsafe working conditions that threatened patients and staff.