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It is pointless being really busy improving your case management services if you don't also make sure that the changes being made are as effective as they could be. You also need to be sure that you are making the right changes. This is where evaluation becomes important.
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B. K. Kizziar calls it case management training by the "Poof!" method. "One day, you're a nurse on the floor. The next day, you're in the case management department and, within a week, Poof! You're a case manager.
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A process that tracks delays in service at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD, has improved patient flow by ensuring that tests and procedures occur in a timely manner.
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Facilities that are participating in the Premier/ CMS demonstration project already are seeing the benefits in improved quality not to mention the attendant incentives.
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When elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) come to emergency departments (EDs), they are less likely to be given beta-blockers than younger patients, says a new study.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with influenza vaccine manufacturers to try to smooth out supply problems and ensure all providers get their slated doses, said Jeanne Santoli, MD, MPH, deputy director of the Immunization Services Division at the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
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Having a dedicated team ensure compliance with the core measures has resulted in significant improvement in patient care quality at Cheyenne (WY) Regional Medical Center.
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Discussion about the merits and drawbacks of using patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) as subjects for experiments in xenotransplantation gathered some notice.
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Patients hospitalized at University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center might not be able to kick the habit during their hospitalization, but staff will no longer be aiding their addiction.
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The right of competent, informed patients to reject lifesaving therapies has been affirmed by courts at every level, but a group of ethicists at the University of Pennsylvania wondered whether the line is as clear when it comes to supplemental oxygen.
