{"title":"Family Caregivers: What They Mean to Discharge Planning, Length of Stay, and Readmissions.","authors":"Toni Cesta","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 4","pages":"51-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36422243","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":"Whenever Possible, Combine Western and Traditional Medicine.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 4","pages":"49-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36418172","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":"Community Efforts Cut Readmissions for Low-income, Hispanic Patients.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 4","pages":"57-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36422246","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":"Cultural Competency Is Essential in an Increasingly Diverse Society.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the population becomes more divers, it's important for case managers to be aware of their patients' cultural beliefs and practices, and respect them in order to build trust and ensure that patients and family members will follow the care plan. \u0000Hospitals should provide comprehensive education on the culture of the patients they serve, hire staff that are from the ethnic groups they serve, and revamp their educational materials so that they are in all the languages their patients speak.\u0000Case managers should have general information on patients' cultures but also should conduct a detailed assessment to find out the beliefs and practices of each individual patient, rather than making assumptions.\u0000Whenever possible, case managers should work with the rest of the team to accommodate the beliefs and practices of patients. In most cases, it won't interfere with the treatment plan.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 4","pages":"45-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36420734","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":"Hospital Works to Make Native American Patients Feel Comfortable.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To accommodate its Native American patients, who make up about 40% of the patient population, Flagstaff Medical Center offers traditional food and has a traditional healer on staff.\u0000The hospital has full-time Navajo interpreters as well as 39 staff members who are back-up interpreters.\u0000Instead of giving Native American patients a large packet of information they may not understand or trust, care managers work with the primary care providers on the reservation and ensure they are aware of the hospitalization at the discharge plan.\u0000At risk Native American patients who need follow-up receive monitoring devices that use cellphone technology and transmit their data to a telehealth nurse who intervenes when the data are out of normal range.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 4","pages":"50, 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36418178","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":"Does Discharging a Patient Make You Feel Like You’re Herding Cats?","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multidisciplinary rounds that bring together the entire treatment team and, often, patients and family members, are a key in relieving the chaos that often occurs on the day of discharge.\u0000The rounds increase communication and promote collaboration around the discipline by keeping everyone on the treatment team on the same page.\u0000Rounds save time for case managers because they hear every discipline's plans for their patients at the same time and everyone on the team avoids fielding multiple phone calls during the day.\u0000Rounds should be carefully planned and strictly scripted with a strong facilitator to keep everyone on the subject and ensure that the rounds are short and productive.\u0000Participants should include physicians, case managers, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, therapists, and on occasion, support staff such as chaplains.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 3","pages":"29-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415128","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 Who, Where, and How of Rounding Makes a Big Difference.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 3","pages":"32-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415131","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":"Care Management Revamp Helps Keep Readmission Rates Low.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thanks to a series of initiatives to focus on at-risk patients after discharge, Flagstaff Medical Center has avoided readmission penalties for four years and consistently has a 12% all-cause Medicare readmission rate.\u0000Inpatient care coordinators assess patients in the hospital and refer those who are at risk to the outpatient care management team, which visits the patients in the hospital and determines the appropriate post-discharge interventions.\u0000Depending on their risk scores, patients may receive home visits from coaches, telephone calls from care managers, telemedicine monitoring, or a combination of interventions after discharge.\u0000Care coordinators who staff the ED 24/7 set up services including home health, skilled nursing transfers, hospice consults, and other interventions, when appropriate, to prevent a readmission. Utilization review nurses are a resource with physicians when they determine patient status.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 3","pages":"39-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36419572","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":"Making Patients Part of the Team Helps Hospital Cut LOS, Boost HCAHPS Scores.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Length of stay dropped and patient satisfaction rose when Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta began holding Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds (SIBR).\u0000The rounds are held daily, last about an hour, and are attended by physicians, nurses, case managers, pharmacists, and other disciplines providing care for the patients.\u0000As team members discuss the patient's condition, the care plan, and discharge needs, they encourage the patient and family to give their input.\u0000Initially, the team members were concerned about finding the time for the rounds, but they report the rounds save time by bringing the team together and eliminating phone calls and trying to track other clinicians down.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 3","pages":"34, 39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415134","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":"Interdisciplinary Rounds Must be Short and Well Organized.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 3","pages":"31-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415129","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}