{"title":"Addressing Physical and Mental Health: Work as a Transition of Care.","authors":"Ed Quick, Patricia Nunez","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000761","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"269-270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging's Evolving Regulatory Landscape: Legal Mandates and Ethical Context for Professional Case Management.","authors":"Ellen Fink-Samnick","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000765","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000765","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"271-275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Lenhard, Majd Daoud, Lisa Donahue, Sherri Jones, Paula L Kip, Rachel L Zapf, Tamra E Minnier
{"title":"How SWAT Changed the Conversation: Implementation of a Discharge SWAT Team Improves Morale and Facilitates Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Amanda Lenhard, Majd Daoud, Lisa Donahue, Sherri Jones, Paula L Kip, Rachel L Zapf, Tamra E Minnier","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000712","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of study: </strong>Hospital overcrowding and delays in discharge are serious issues in the modern health care landscape and can lead to poor patient outcomes and health care personnel (HCP) burnout. The goal of this project was to develop a collaborative forum where HCP representing the entire spectrum of the inpatient care team, including case management team members, could connect to discuss challenges and barriers to patient discharge. The following describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of the discharge SWAT (Solutions, Wins, Actions, and Tactics) team, which is a 30-min virtual daily meeting where discussion is primarily centered around challenges in discharging individual patients and addressing case manager needs. The primary aim of SWAT meetings is fostering a positive atmosphere to address barriers to discharge while prioritizing patient care and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Primary practice setting: </strong>This study was conducted in a 40-hospital academic health system in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>SWAT meetings were first implemented at a representative flagship facility in a health system. HCP at this first facility were surveyed to assess satisfaction with SWAT meetings. SWAT meetings then were implemented at the majority of facilities in a 40-hospital academic health system. During SWAT implementation, average inpatient length of stay (LOS) and patient care transitions were monitored for participating and nonparticipating service lines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among surveyed HCP, the majority view SWAT meetings favorably and reported that it was a valuable use of their time and positively impacted their work in the patient discharge space. Nonprovider and case management staff in particular valued the SWAT meetings and found them beneficial. LOS remained stable for patients under the care of participating providers, despite the upheaval of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the research team also observed a positive impact of SWAT meetings on appropriate inpatient care transitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"254-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139997786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Lived Experience of Parents of Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs on Public and Private Insurance.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000769","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"E23-E24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power of Belonging.","authors":"Janet Coulter","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000764","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000764","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"263-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Lived Experience of Parents of Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs on Public and Private Insurance: A Phenomenological Study.","authors":"Régine Placide Reaves, Lenny Chiang-Hanisko, Patricia Liehr, Karina Gattamorta","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000705","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000705","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of the study: </strong>The number of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) is steadily growing in the United States. There are significant differences between private and public health plans in terms of cost, adequacy, and parent satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of parents with CYSHCN enrolled in public and private insurance with or without a nurse care coordinator. This study also sought to understand parents' experience of support.</p><p><strong>Primary practice setting: </strong>The primary practice setting was participants' choice of location.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>A qualitative descriptive design was used with 16 parents of children and young adults aged 2 to 21 years. Semistructured interviews were used, and Colaizzi's (1978) eight steps was the selected interpretive method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes emerged for parents navigating their child's insurance in the presence or absence of a nurse care coordinator: (1) Struggle with Self-Preservation, (2) Abandonment and Isolation, (3) Self-Reliance and Advocacy, (4) Interdependence, and (5) Lifeline. These themes were also dependent on the type of insurance and sources of support available.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>Models centered on care coordination can also be used as a mechanism to guide nurse care coordinators in practice. Providing care coordination support could help lessen the caregiver burden especially while navigating public or private insurance. Results highlighted how insurance companies can make potential changes within the health plan infrastructure. Incorporating nursing care coordination activities not only results in health care savings for the health plan but also improved health outcomes for its enrollees.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"243-253"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139997788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What are the Tools in Your CM Toolbox for Pain?","authors":"Suzanne K Powell","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000763","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some estimate that 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain. In the United States, chronic pain affects about 20% of the people with an annual cost of $600 billion. The most common type of chronic pain is chronic back pain. Since pain assessment and management is not always successful, this Editorial put some alternative pain modalities in the case managers' toolbox.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"235-236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Social Needs Case Management on Client Outcomes in the Community.","authors":"Sarah Grenon","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000759","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000759","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 6","pages":"265-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Interprofessional Competencies Through the Process of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Stephanie Hart, Christine Lysaght, Ryan Wedge","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NCM.0000000000000774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Effective interprofessional (IP) collaboration is essential for managing complex patient cases. Collaborative clinical reasoning (CCR) is an approach where IP teams collectively analyze and address complex clinical cases, facilitating a shared understanding of patient management. While simulation and case-based learning are established methods for fostering IP collaboration, the process by which students develop a shared mental model for patient management after a simulated home visit and how this approach promotes the development of IP competencies is unknown. Understanding this process is critical for advancing IP competences that are fundamental to case management practice. The purpose of this study was to explore students' perceptions of the CCR processes used to develop an integrated care plan following a simulated home visit.</p><p><strong>Primary practice settings: </strong>Home care and community-based practice settings.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>A qualitative descriptive approach was employed to explore PT and nursing student teams' perceptions of the CCR processes used to develop an integrated care plan following a simulated home visit. Written responses to five reflection questions were analyzed using conventional content analysis among n = 87 physical therapy and nursing students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were three overarching themes: clarifying roles; developing a mutual approach; embracing shared values. Students' perceptions reflected skills needed to develop IP competencies including CCR. More research is needed to explore how student teams resolve disputes and use interdisciplinary knowledge in the process of CCR.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>Findings highlight the importance of IP collaboration in clinical case management, emphasizing the need for case managers to facilitate clear role clarification, mutual approaches, and shared values among IP teams to enhance integrated care planning and improve patient outcomes. These insights can inform training and development programs for case managers on IP teams, promoting the adoption of CCR in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leslie M Smith, Julie Jacob, Nicholas Prush, Sheryl Groden, Elizabeth Yost, Stephanie Gilkey, Carman Turkelson, Megan Keiser
{"title":"Virtual Interprofessional Education: Team Collaboration in Discharge Planning Simulation.","authors":"Leslie M Smith, Julie Jacob, Nicholas Prush, Sheryl Groden, Elizabeth Yost, Stephanie Gilkey, Carman Turkelson, Megan Keiser","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000717","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000717","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of study: </strong>This study assessed the effectiveness of a virtual interprofessional education (IPE) discharge planning simulation, focusing on collaborative patient education, and recommendations for hospital discharge.</p><p><strong>Primary practice setting: </strong>An acute care hospital.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>The study utilized a virtual IPE discharge planning simulation for health care students from six different programs. The simulation involved prebriefing, icebreaker, team meeting, patient interaction, and debriefing. Assessment included pre- and post-IPE surveys that included the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Competency Self-Assessment Tool, and video analysis using the Modified McMaster-Ottawa Rating Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Student participants from diverse health care programs ( n =143) included nursing ( n = 20), occupational therapy ( n = 21), physical therapy ( n = 42), physician assistant ( n = 38), respiratory therapy ( n = 3), and social work ( n = 19). All programs except respiratory therapy showed significant improvement in IPEC Competency scores post-IPE, with positive outcomes for understanding other professions' roles. Students' self-reported perceptions of team performance were rated highly in various categories. Video analysis demonstrated strong interrater reliability for team scores.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>Effective hospital discharge planning is vital for cost reduction and patient care improvement. IPE emphasizes collaborative learning among health care students. Previous studies highlight positive outcomes from IPE discharge planning, including virtual formats. This virtual IPE discharge planning simulation significantly improved students' understanding and collaboration competencies, evident in increased IPEC scores across five professions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"206-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139997789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}