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In the Planetree model, staff don't treat patients like they'd want to be treated. Instead, they find out how the patient wants to be treated, says Linda Sharkey, RN, MSN, vice president of patient care services and chief nurse executive at Fauquier Hospital.
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What a wonderful month this is: love, candy, and roses! You just have to love February regardless of your situation or what is happening in the world.
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Deep organ space infections are expensive to treat, to the tune of $50,000. And that figure doesn't begin to account for unrealized income due to missed work and other incalculable costs, such as distress to families.
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Delaying elective surgical procedures after a patient has been admitted to the hospital significantly increases the risk of infectious complications and raises hospital costs, according to the results of a new study in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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The healthcare providers that will be successful are those that have flexibility to minimize work/family conflicts of their employees, experts predict. This flexibility is especial important in healthcare, where 80% of the workforce is female.
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By taking a proactive approach to patient status and instituting a series of checks and balances, Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, keeps denials at a minimum.
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By redefining the roles of case managers and social workers and working with physicians on patient throughput and length of stay, Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, VA, significantly reduced its Medicare length of stay by almost a day and decreased the revenue lost because of denials by medical necessity by 70%.
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If there are any doubts that improving patient flow also enhances patient safety, the recent experience of the ED at Enumclaw (WA) Regional Hospital should dispel them.
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As reimbursement shrinks and health care providers tighten their belts, hospitals need to take a proactive approach to denials to make sure they get paid appropriately for the care they provide, experts say.
