{"title":"Readmission Rates for Bariatric Surgery Drop with QI.","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":"43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36419570","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":"Hospitals Can Now Factor Socioeconomic Status into Readmissions.","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":"41-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415135","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":"Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect 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 3","pages":"42-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36419569","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":"How to Improve the Quality of Case Management Departments through Staffing, Part 2.","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":"35-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415133","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":"How to Succeed in the Changing Healthcare Marketplace.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospital leadership and staff need to look at new ways of delivering care to succeed in the rapidly changing healthcare marketplace as CMS and commercial payers move toward basing reimbursement on quality.\u0000Pay-for-performance initiatives are here to stay even if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act, experts predict.\u0000As hospitals assume risk for patient outcomes for as long as 90 days after discharge, case managers have to identify at-risk patients and think about their care on a long-term basis.\u0000Case management leadership needs to collect and report data on the hospital's performance on quality measures, then develop and carry out process improvement projects.\u0000Case managers should reassess their relationships with post-acute providers, and track quality metrics and costs to ensure they are providing efficient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 2","pages":"17-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36417712","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":"Case Management Department Revamped in Response to Shift in Reimbursement.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, AL, began to assume more risk for patients after discharge, the leadership redesigned the case management department to meet the new challenges.\u0000A masters-prepared RN assumed the role of patient navigator and follows total joint replacement patients for 90 days after discharge.\u0000The case management staff narrowed down the post-acute providers with which it contracts, based on quality data and cost of care, and requires providers to submit quality data regularly.\u0000The multidisciplinary staff holds rounds every day. In addition, there are long-stay rounds twice a week, and daily rounds in the ICU.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 2","pages":"22-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415127","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":"Some Joint Replacement Patients May Go Home the Same Day as Surgery.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Joint replacement patients who meet criteria can be discharged the same day after surgery through a program at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases.\u0000Criteria include health patients with no cardiac issues who do not take anticoagulation medication or have obstructive sleep apnea, and have a body mass index less than 40.\u0000Patients and their caregivers attend a mandatory educational session that includes information on what to expect the day of surgery and after discharge, how to use assistive equipment, and what symptoms to watch for at home.\u0000During the educational session, patients receive their post-surgical prescriptions with instructions to fill them before surgery, and choose a home health provider for physical therapy in the home for two weeks.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 2","pages":"24-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36415124","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":"Track SNF, Home Health Performance, and Share Data with 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 2","pages":"21-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36417711","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":"March 8 is Deadline for Giving MOON to 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 2","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36417714","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":"When You Have a New Patient, Don’t Reinvent the Wheel.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospital case managers should create alliances with primary care providers who can share information that will help in creating a discharge plan, according to the chief executive officer of El Rio Community Health Center in Tucson, AZ.\u0000El Rio has developed a patient portal through which the health center staff and staff at three health systems share information to help patients get the care they need and create smooth transitions.\u0000Information on patients' behavioral health issues is also on the patient portal so clinicians at all levels of care will be aware of potential roadblocks to care.\u0000The health center staff has regular meetings with skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies, and the next step is to include hospital case managers to work on ways to smooth transitions between all levels of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79972,"journal":{"name":"Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths","volume":"25 2","pages":"25-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36417710","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}