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WellPoint Inc.'s disease management program, designed to improve care for members with bipolar disorder, reported a 22% increase in medication compliance and a 14% decrease in behavioral inpatient services for members during a recent outcomes revaluation.
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When you are developing a post-discharge care plan for patients who will need some assistance at home, make sure the patient and family understand what is required of them and that they are aware of all their options, including paying for private home care services.
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Three factors depression, stress and obesity together account for about half of the variance in the average workers' compensation cost per case at PPG Industries.
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Mental health screening should be part of your overall plan to assess risk, implement interventions, and establish outcomes measurement strategies, says Nancy W. Spangler, MS, OTR/L, a consultant to the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health and president of Leawood, KS-based Spangler Associates Inc.
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Smokers need not apply. That is the new policy of Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga, TN.
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From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) perspective, the saying "ignorance is bliss" does not apply when it comes to a patient's status.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services web site. https://questions.cms.hhs.gov.
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When California Pacific Medical Center was named a top hospital for patient quality and safety for the fourth year in a row by the Leapfrog Group, the award cited the hospital's length-of-stay initiatives.
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Faced with a growing population of patients with heart failure who are awaiting a transplant and a shortage of intensive care beds, The Methodist Hospital in Houston is partnering with one local long-term acute care hospital in a program to care for patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
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A new process for managing radiological discrepancies in the ED at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, NC, has significantly improved the efficiency with which notifications are received and acted upon.
