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CMs become integral part of the care team
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Gaps in care and miscommunication may occur when patients move between levels of care, sometimes resulting in adverse outcomes.
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In order to improve transitions between levels of care, CareOregon has developed several initiatives to ensure that members get what they need after discharge.
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Florida Blue saved almost $2,500 a month per participating member when physicians and nurse practitioners visited at-risk members at home. The program now includes more patients.
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CareOregon's community outreach workers work with members at highest risk and help them get the psycho-social assistance and medical care they need.
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Its time to rethink those dirty scrubs that hospital employees wear into the cafeteria, on the subway, in the grocery store, or home to their families. Evidence is mounting that home-laundered scrubs can spread infection.
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Are you helping smokers by banning them from your staff? Are you serving as a model of health by taking a tough stand or by promoting wellness and accepting that some employees will continue to smoke?
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The federal budget sequestration may have led to delayed flights and canceled White House tours, but by mid-April, the belt-tightening had not had an obvious impact on the main function of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement.
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Seeking joy and meaning in work might seem like a stretch for a workforce that tops other sectors for back strain, workplace violence and stress-related disorders.
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Forget about modest goals and incremental progress. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center wants to cut its rate of employee injury in half by June 2015. And it already has an injury rate that is just one-third of the average rate for hospitals.
