Hospital Case Management articles from July 2006

Hospital Case Management archives from July 2006

Creativity is the key in discharge planning for undocumented immigrants.
July 1, 2006... Creativity is the key in discharge planning for undocumented immigrants Tap into as many community resources as possible Hospital discharge planners must use their ingenuity to find a discharge destination for undocumented workers who...

Social worker facilitates referrals to shelters.
July 1, 2006... Social worker facilitates referrals to shelters LOS drops from 27 days to 9 days Having a dedicated social worker who works with local homeless shelters to place patients has significantly reduced the length of stay for homeless...

Initiative cuts ventilator days by 50%, improves care.
July 1, 2006... Initiative cuts ventilator days by 50%, improves care Six Sigma initiative focuses on best practices A Six Sigma initiative to improve care for ventilator patients has decreased ventilators days by more than 50% at St. Anthony's...

Critical Path Network: Patient flow initiatives slash average LOS.
July 1, 2006... Critical Path Network Patient flow initiatives slash average LOS Rates cut from 7.5 hours to just more than 5 Three years ago, the average length of stay (LOS) for admitted ED patients was about 7.5 hours at the 17th Street campus...

Critical Path Network: In-house 'Access Center' relieves ED bed burden.
July 1, 2006... Critical Path Network In-house 'Access Center' relieves ED bed burden Unit: 600 calls, 425 unscheduled admits monthly The creation of an "Access Center" to handle interhospital transfer coordination and unscheduled admissions at...

Critical Path Network: Are you collecting data you don't really need?
July 1, 2006... Critical Path Network Are you collecting data you don't really need? Know when to put your resources elsewhere In the process of collecting restraint data, you learn that certain physicians are not signing daily orders. Other data...

Critical Path Network: CMS extends coverage for some O2 patients.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Critical Path Network CMS extends coverage for some O2 patients The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will extend coverage for the home use of oxygen to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a CMS-approved clinical trial...

Critical Path Network: No link between higher spending and better care.
July 1, 2006... No link between higher spending and better care While the amount of money Medicare spends on chronically ill patients varies greatly from state to state, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School found no correlation between higher spending...

Model of care improves outcomes, ADLs for elderly.
July 1, 2006... Model of care improves outcomes, ADLs for elderly Results: Lower costs, shorter LOS, more discharges When older, frail patients are hospitalized at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH, they're likely to be placed on a home-like unit with...

Discharge Planning Adivsor: Proposed Medicare discharge rule faces criticism.
July 1, 2006... Discharge Planning Adivsor Proposed Medicare discharge rule faces criticism It targets inpatient discharges but has roots in post-acute world A new rule being proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) —...

CE objectives/questions.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... CE objectives After reading each issue of Hospital Case Management, the nurse will be able to do the following: *identify particular clinical, administrative, or regulatory issues related to the profession of case management; ...