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The U. S. Preventive Service Task Force has concluded that women older than 65 who have always had regular normal Pap smears may not benefit from continued routine screenings.
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Those baby boomers are doing it again. After dominating the job market, revolutionizing the music and entertainment scene, and setting American culture on its ear for all those years, theyre going to create major challenges to the health care market as they age.
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When elderly people need long-term care for themselves or their loved ones, they often experience sticker shock when they find out the cost.
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Disease management is a fluid process that often involves transitioning patients from the disease management team to case management for more intensive interventions, says Pam Mays, MPH, BSRN, RN, assistant vice president for care management of CIGNA Health Care.
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As a case manager, you are well accustomed to working in a number of roles. However, those roles can become complex when your patient advocate role does not mesh with the obligations you have to your employer.
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For people with asthma, the viral infections that cause the common cold are a major cause of health emergencies, including hospitalizations, a study at the University of Iowa Health Care has concluded.
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Providence Health System in Portland, OR, has improved customer service and gained staff efficiency by creating a call center that allows patients to handle physician and hospital billing questions with one telephone call.
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Its been more than a decade since Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, PA, took its discharge planning and utilization management functions and created a resource utilization department with a single director, says Susan Lawrence, MS, CPHQ, administrator of quality and case management.
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Final security standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for protecting patient health information when it is maintained or transmitted electronically have been adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Whether or not your hospital staff decide to participate in a voluntary smallpox vaccination program, there are Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) issues involved by virtue of the fact that anyone is giving them, says Stephen Frew, JD, a longtime specialist in EMTALA compliance.
