http://www.dorlandhealth.com Dorland Health Website en-us 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 5:58:49 EDT For years, healthcare professionals and case managers have tried to draw focus to the management of transitions in care. Dropped balls and missed connections during everyday transitions are the root of significant unnecessary cost and poor health outcomes. For the same reasons that transitions go awry... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2747.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Improving care transitions is a top priority of health plans, federal and state governments, and healthcare providers across the country. Before we can begin to analyze how to do so, we must first understand what a transition is. Transitions occur in multiple settings and are not exclusive to hospitals... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2748.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Readmissions have long been problematic with healthcare in the United States. However, despite their reoccurrence, little was done to address the issue. With the introduction of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced an inpatient prospective payment... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2750.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT This edition of Rx Pipeline, presenting the latest FDA drug approvals, has direct application to case managers and the patients they monitor. For the treatment of diabetes, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and more, these drugs are new tools for your mission of coordinating patient care effectively and... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2751.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT With the population aging, chronic conditions on the rise and healthcare costs spiraling higher, preventing avoidable hospital readmissions has taken on new urgency. Nearly one in five Medicare patients returns to the hospital within a month of leaving – about 2 million people yearly – costing... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2752.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Welcome to the May 2013 issue of Case In Point. In this issue we cover best practices in transitions of care. According to the National Transitions of Care Coalition, the U.S. healthcare system often fails to meet the needs of patients during transitions because care is rushed and responsibility is... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2753.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Case management’s existence in the history of healthcare has been relatively short. Yet even within these past several decades, notable evolution continues within the field. As case management professionals carve out a niche increasingly embraced by the industry as valid and worthwhile, on levels from... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2754.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Crozer-Keystone Health System (CKHS) is located minutes from Philadelphia and is the dominant provider of healthcare in Delaware County, Pa., northern Delaware, and part of western New Jersey. The population covered represents almost 1 million people. Crozer-Keystone provides a full spectrum of wellness... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2755.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT $26B According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, hospital readmissions within 30 days accounted for $26 billion of Medicare spending. 21% Among hospitalized patients 65 or older, 21 percent are discharged to a long-term care or other institution.  25% Approximately 25 percent of... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2756.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT One in five older patients who are discharged from the hospital, thinking they are on the road to recovery and ready to go home, will end up back in the hospital within 30 days. This can be frustrating, costly and, most of the time, avoidable. When patients are readmitted to the hospital shortly after being... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2757.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT