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05.01.2012		Backed by Standards, Focusing on High-Quality, Safe Care As the American healthcare system grows increasingly complex and consumer expectations for quality and safety continue to rise, the case management model holds greater promise than ever. The collaboration between patients, nurses, physicians, social workers...

05.01.2012		Improving Patient Safety Through Accreditation Programs Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as “freedom from accidental injury; ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of errors and maximizes the likelihood...

03.26.2012		Nurse Collaboration Is Key to Boosting Medication Reconciliation An estimated 1.6 million adverse drug events – injuries related to medications – happen every year, according to the national Institute of Medicine. Adverse drug events can happen in various medical settings, including in hospitals and...

02.03.2012		Red Flag Alert: Drug Recall Affects Common OTC Meds If you take Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin or Gas-X Prevention or if you know you have any of these over-the-counter medications in your home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising that you dispose of these products as soon as possible. Drug...

01.23.2012		Maine Pilot Helps Cut ED Visits Among Medicaid Patients To find an efficient route to an unfamiliar destination, many of us have emptied the glove compartment of paper maps and instead rely on GPS. And so it used to be for consumers navigating the health-care system. In the past, patients took a direct route: They...

11.09.2011		Q&A: Understand Healthcare Billing with Tips from Advocacy Expert As healthcare costs continue to climb, patients are often left hopeless when trying to figure out how to pay mounting medical bills for health treatments and services. Even for patients who are insured, medical bills can be difficult to understand...

10.31.2011		Hospitals' Switch from IV Drugs Can Save Millions Hospitals have a huge potential for saving money by using less expensive but equally effective alternative medications, according to new Johns Hopkins research. Switching hospitalized patients from intravenous drugs to pill forms of the same...

09.07.2011		Insurance Plan Taps Into YouTube to Improve Health Literacy A health insurance plan in Kansas City, Mo., is using a new media approach to promote health advocacy among patients. Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners, which operates a Medicaid managed care health plan in Missouri and Kansas, is moving...

06.17.2011		Pawlenty, Daschle Offer Proposals for Healthcare, Payment Reform at Health Insurance Conference Republicans and Democrats agree that the country’s healthcare system is in need of a drastic overhaul. What they disagree on is how changes in the industry will occur and what role government has in reforming the U.S. healthcare system. GOP presidential...

05.27.2011		Transitions of Care Recap: Analysis of Readmissions/Transitions Event On May 25, Dorland Health hosted a webinar for healthcare coordinators and providers called “Securing Care Transitions to Prevent Avoidable Readmissions: How Strong Transitions of Care Boost Quality, Save Costs.” The webinar focused on...

05.24.2011		Best Practices for Discharge Planning from a Post-Acute Perspective With reduced Medicare reimbursement a reality starting in 2012 for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates, this perennial question is more pressing than ever: What can hospital discharge planners do to improve patient transitions and reduce the...

05.17.2011		7 Steps for Robust Discharge Planning (and Reduced Readmissions) Starting a robust discharge planning program – or strengthening an existing one – can produce benefits far beyond a smooth and seamless transition for a patient. Top-flight discharge planning can boost a patient’s adherence and preparedness...

04.01.2011		Behavior-Based Ergonomics: Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Therapy Last year, an innovative approach for Alzheimer’s and dementia care was pioneered in the Alzheimer unit at St. Leonard in Dayton, Ohio. A product of months of rigorous research and collaboration with experts, the approach is known as Behavior-Based...

03.22.2011		6 Essentials of Creating a Well-Running ACO The room erupted in laughter as a farcical (but not so abnormal) video played over the projection screen at the 2011 National Medical Home Summit 2011 last week at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, Pa. The video, Outside Hospital, a spin on some of the...

02.07.2011		6 Standards of the Medical Home The body of evidence supporting the patient-centered medical home continues to grow. While data from providers and payers reveal superlative outcomes in both quality measures and cost-savings (see below), more practices continue to adopt its methods. Recently...

02.03.2011		Afraid of Deadly Medical Mistakes in the Hospital? 10 Ways To Avoid Them Patient safety efforts in hospitals are falling short. A new six-year study at 10 North Carolina hospitals that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that efforts to decrease the number of medical mistakes in U.S. hospitals have...

12.17.2010		Healthcare Goes Mobile Every week, The Family Van, a mobile health clinic, travels Boston neighborhoods. Like other mobile health service providers, the Family Van has the opportunity to make an impact in more than one community precisely because of its mobile nature. Instead of...

12.16.2010		Patching Up the Healthcare System Through Medication Safety Thirty-seven-year-old Mr. Smith was referred to the case management program due to a recent hospitalization for major depression and anxiety with comorbid conditions of hyperlipidemia and hypertension. As a case manager, you meet with Mr. Smith. During the...

12.16.2010		Coding By Example Initially, ICD 10 coding was introduced mainly to the private healthcare sector of South Africa in the late 1990s. From here a national task team driven by the government began to implement the use of ICD 10 coding on a national basis. Both government and private healthcare sectors were represented on the task team....

09.01.2010		Help Wanted: How Your Resume Can Drive Success No matter what the position, a well-crafted resume can be a difference-maker in getting you in front of the right people. These helpful tips for drafting a solid resume may make the difference in taking a giant leap forward in the consideration process. One...

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