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Health System Improves Patient Care and Transitions Through Outreach
Case managers can improve patient transitions when health systems focus on population health and partner with community-based organizations, including groups that address food insecurity.
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Returning to In-Person Case Management
As the country begins to pull out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for case managers to return to the bedside provides the welcome relief of meeting with the interdisciplinary team, patients, and families in person. But for many people, returning from a remote environment after several months is another challenging shift to experience.
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Hospital-Based GRIPS Helps Community Reduce Gun Violence
The Gunshot Reoccurring Injury Prevention Service (GRIPS) is a hospital-based intervention program that offers case management and social support to firearm assault survivors.
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Case Managers Need to Address Mental Health Effects of Gun Violence
In the hospital, there are many missed opportunities to help gun violence victims while they are receiving treatment. Case managers and other providers can give gunshot victims psychological first aid, which helps people understand anxiety and PTSD. It tells them how to monitor themselves and where to find community resources for support.
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Gun Deaths and Injuries Affect Healthcare Workers Personally and Professionally
Mass shootings cause physical and mental health injuries to patients. Case managers can improve care transitions by adding gun violence to the list of social determinants of health. Clinicians can make mental health referrals.
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Analysis Reveals More About Claims Denials Tied to ACA Marketplace Plans
Meanwhile, evidence mounts indicating access to proper insurance coverage leads to better cancer outcomes.
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New SBAR Method Improves Handoffs in Texas Hospital
A nursing team at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio developed a new process for handing off patients from the ED to a telemetry unit that improved patient care and decreased the number of rapid responses for recent transfers. -
Mnemonics Can Help Organize Handoffs
A simple tool for improving patient safety and care handoffs is to use mnemonics. In case management, these can be a tool for remembering specific actions with patients and care transitions.
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Virtual Diabetes Boot Camp Helps Patients Improve
A virtual diabetes boot camp program can help patients improve their health, even when it is difficult to attend in-person appointments.
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A Simple, Color-Coded, Illustrated COPD Action Plan Simplifies Symptom Care
Case managers working with COPD patients could benefit from sharing a simplified, color-coded action plan. One new plan includes symbols as well as color codes, and explains symptom management, the proper use of rescue inhalers or nebulizer treatment, and relevant comorbidities to consider, including diabetes, heart failure, anxiety, depression, and kidney disease.