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Star Ratings don’t give the whole picture of the hospital
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted its Star Ratings on the Hospital Compare website for the first time, only 5% of hospitals received the highest five-star rating.
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Work with nursing to make sure patients understand the discharge plan
Case managers may not be in charge of all their patients’ discharge education, but it is their responsibility to make sure that patients receive the education they need to care for themselves at home and that they understand it, or that referrals are made after discharge to continue their education, says Linda Sallee, RN, MS, CMAC, ACM, IQCI, director for Huron Healthcare with headquarters in Chicago.
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Star Ratings show hospitals need to improve the discharge process
For the first time, the CMS is posting Star Ratings, showing patients’ perception of care, on the Hospital Compare website.
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“It’s the ethics police!” Put a stop to outdated perceptions of clinical ethics consults
There is a pervasive misconception that our primary focus is to find what is ethically inappropriate, and assign blame or fault,” says Adam Pena, MA, an instructor at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy in Houston.
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Reality check needed: Many unaware of limitations of life-sustaining treatments
Family members of patients generally overestimate the potential benefit of life-sustaining treatments in the ICU, according to Paul Hutchison, MD, MA, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.
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Residents struggle with talking about resuscitation preferences, even with training
Training improved resident-led code status discussions in some ways but not others, according to a recent study.
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Report offers recommendations for central ethical issues involving neuroscience
A new report on neuroscience and ethics from The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues offers recommendations involving cognitive enhancement, consent capacity, and neuroscience and the legal system.
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Code status orders for psychiatric admissions: They’re not happening consistently
Psychiatric inpatients were less likely to have an order on admission regarding code status compared to medical inpatients, according to a recent study.
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Is Palliative Care Expertise Inadequate at your Institution?
Hospitals are challenged to meet patients’ palliative care needs despite a scarcity of specialists, lack of training, and persistent misconceptions.
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Need for Case Managers Rises with the ACO Boom
The Affordable Care Act provides more opportunities for case management and greater demand for CM experts.