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Ways to Build and Improve a Case Management Department

At some point, a hospital needs to build or improve a case management department. Whether working from the ground up, completely overhauling a program, or simply making slight adjustments, good leadership and strategy is key to a thriving case management program.

How One Health System Monitors COVID-19 Patients at Home

One large health system successfully employed a hospital at home program during the COVID-19 pandemic using remote technology and a multidisciplinary team. By the end of 2021, the program had built a strong central team to support 13 medical centers across California.

Hospital at Home Programs Can Help Acute Patients Post-Pandemic

The concept of hospital at home may have flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also will be a possible post-pandemic model for care.

Home Monitoring Program Helped Hospitals Weather COVID-19 Surges

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear patients would flood hospitals in large cities, overwhelming health systems and public health infrastructure. One health system quickly ramped up its home monitoring program to safely keep some patients out of the hospital.

COVID-19 Associated with Significant Increase in Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in hospital-onset bloodstream infections, mainly in patients with COVID-19.

Loneliness, Depression Tied to Higher Risk for COVID-19 Hospitalization

Assessing psychological risk factors may be just as important as considering physical risk factors.

Shift Length Policy May Have Prevented Some Medical Errors

Survey results suggest a since-repealed staffing rule for first-year residents led to better outcomes for patients.

Cancer Death Rate for Black Americans Declines, Remains Higher Than That of Other Groups

Rapid declines in deaths from lung and stomach cancers parallels rise in mortality from uterine and liver cancers.

Is a Healthcare Infection a Medical Error? Nurse Conviction Roils Patient Safety

Over the last two decades, there has been a tectonic shift of the perception that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) were an inevitable consequence of invasive care to the radical notion that most infections actually are preventable. This has raised the question, at least in some cases, of whether failure to prevent an HAI is indeed a medical error. This discussion no longer is academic.

Unexplained Pediatric Hepatitis Cases Detected Globally

As of May 5, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was investigating 109 children with hepatitis of unknown origin across 25 states and territories. More than half of them have tested positive for adenovirus.