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Recently, Laura L. Reno, vice president of public affairs for the Baltimore-based nonprofit health organization First Candle, spoke with parents who were grieving the loss of their 4-month-old baby, who had died while sleeping in a crib.
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End-of-life issues should be discussed while people are in good health. Just as people prepare for birth, it is important to prepare for death.
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In an example other employers may want to strongly consider, hospitals around the country are re-creating their cafeterias as they strive to become healthier places to work.
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The collaboration between a commercial health plan and a physician group practice will be able to promote optimal care for patients because the partners have a different focus and outlook, says Barbara Walters, DO, senior medical director for Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
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When behavioral health patients who have been hospitalized receive interventions in their home, their compliance with treatment recommendations increases and hospital readmission drops, a study by PsycHealth Ltd.'s Home Intervention Program has found.
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A class for caregivers was established at the University of Minnesota, Fairview in Minneapolis, because caring for an ill family member is becoming common practice as more people are treated as outpatients.
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Everyone in the health care field has heard horror stories about patients' needs falling through the cracks when they transition from one level of care to another.
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"We need to do the same thing to empower patients and their families with information so they can be active participants in every transition of care," adds Skinner, a case manager for more than 20 years, principal consultant for Whitwell, TN-based Riverside Healthcare Consulting and a member of the National Transitions of Care Coalition.
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It will be several years before the Centers for Medi-care & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require hospitals to use the Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool, but hospital case managers can start now to prepare for its implementation and to give CMS feedback on the tool and its use in various settings.
