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Get ready for ICD-10: It’s really going into effect
After a series of fits and starts, it appears that ICD-10 will take effect on Oct. 1.
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IPPS proposed rule is more of the same with emphasis on quality
When the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics embarked on its discharge collaborative project to improve patient satisfaction with the discharge process, the organization’s Patient and Family Advisors were an important part of the process.
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Patient and Family Advisors help keep staff focused on the patients
When the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics embarked on its discharge collaborative project to improve patient satisfaction with the discharge process, the organization’s Patient and Family Advisors were an important part of the process.
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Setting the time and date helps enhance patients’ discharge experience
More than 70% of patients at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics are assigned a designated discharge date and time, and the average patient leaves within 28 minutes of the set time.
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Star Ratings don’t give the whole picture of the hospital
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted its Star Ratings on the Hospital Compare website for the first time, only 5% of hospitals received the highest five-star rating.
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Work with nursing to make sure patients understand the discharge plan
Case managers may not be in charge of all their patients’ discharge education, but it is their responsibility to make sure that patients receive the education they need to care for themselves at home and that they understand it, or that referrals are made after discharge to continue their education, says Linda Sallee, RN, MS, CMAC, ACM, IQCI, director for Huron Healthcare with headquarters in Chicago.
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Star Ratings show hospitals need to improve the discharge process
For the first time, the CMS is posting Star Ratings, showing patients’ perception of care, on the Hospital Compare website.
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“It’s the ethics police!” Put a stop to outdated perceptions of clinical ethics consults
There is a pervasive misconception that our primary focus is to find what is ethically inappropriate, and assign blame or fault,” says Adam Pena, MA, an instructor at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy in Houston.
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Reality check needed: Many unaware of limitations of life-sustaining treatments
Family members of patients generally overestimate the potential benefit of life-sustaining treatments in the ICU, according to Paul Hutchison, MD, MA, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.
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Residents struggle with talking about resuscitation preferences, even with training
Training improved resident-led code status discussions in some ways but not others, according to a recent study.