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| 09.01.2010 | |
Hospitalists Miss Mark on CostsAccording to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, hospitalists are often unaware of the cost of services and tests provided to... |
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| 08.31.2010 | |
Hospital Checklist: Communication, Cultural Competency and Patient-Centered CareThe role of hospitals and their diverse workforce is rapidly expanding. No longer a place where clinical care is the sole focus, today’s hospital must encompass a care delivery paradigm that reaches the heart of the individual patient’s... |
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| 08.24.2010 | |
Medical Necessity Becomes Clear: 18 Reviews To DateAs the details of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program continue to take shape, there is now some clear insight into medical necessity criteria. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc., the Region B contractor covering seven Midwestern states, issued a list... |
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| 08.17.2010 | |
How To Implement Motivational InterviewingLast week Dr. Jan Kavookjian, co-founder of the Auburn University Motivational Interviewing Training Institute, made the case why case management and motivational interviewing (MI) are a good fit for achieving best-case outcomes. Today Kavookjian discusses... |
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| 08.17.2010 | |
How To Achieve Meaningful Use Through Care Coordination; Just in Time for ARRA MoneyMeaningful use—and its accordant incentives—can be an elusive target. Thought leader Jackie Birmingham explains how it can be reached through more streamlined care coordination. One of the objectives that hospitals must achieve in order to receive... |
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| 08.10.2010 | |
The Exciting, Emerging Paradigm of Motivational InterviewingMotivational interviewing is a counseling method that has shown considerable success in helping patients achieve change. The Case Management Society of America, which sponsors the groundbreaking Motivational Interviewing Training Institute at Auburn... |
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| 08.03.2010 | |
CM Topics: ED Interpreters Enhance Level of CareOn-site interpreters in a hospital’s emergency department create excellent patient satisfaction and may lay the groundwork for enhanced patient safety and ED wait times, according to a recent study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. In... |
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| 07.27.2010 | |
‘Most Wired Hospitals’ Reveal Advancing Health ITThe Most Wired Survey 2010, conducted by Hospitals and Health Networks, reveals the top hospitals that are leading the industry in health IT implementation. It also shows the growing prevalence of health IT measures, from electronic medication orders to... |
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| 07.20.2010 | |
How Will Health Reform Change Hospitals?The sweeping Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act targets many layers of healthcare, including a reform of specific hospital practices. While the bill may not drastically alter the bottom line of most hospitals, it encourages quality measures, such as... |
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| 07.13.2010 | |
Top 5: How to Safely Transition from Acute to Skilled CareTransitions of care from one discrete setting to another has long been a bane of the health care system. The transfer of a patient to different settings and facilities not only can increase the risk of medication errors but can cause bewilderment for the... |
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| 07.06.2010 | |
In Focus: Reducing Hospital ReadmissionsThey account for more than $17 billion in Medicare spending alone. And they tax the health care system over $25 billion overall every year. And more than that, they have been linked to poor patient care and medical utilization. The culprit? Unnecessary... |
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| 06.29.2010 | |
Medical Homes Up 50% in MichiganBy Richard Scott The medical home has taken another giant step forward. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has expanded the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) into 500 physician practices involving more than 1,800 physicians across the state. The effort... |
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| 06.22.2010 | |
Six Steps to Boost Health LiteracyAccording to national data, one-third of the adult population has limited health literacy. This deficit is linked with a host of medical problems and poor utilization, including medication errors, increased costs and the failure to adequately treat chronic... |
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| 06.15.2010 | |
A New President Presides over CMSABy Richard Scott The final day of CMSA’s 2010 conference brought forth the annual rite of leadership passage: the gavel-passing. On Friday morning, outgoing president Peggy Leonard took the stage during the conference’s closing main session, and... |
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| 06.15.2010 | |
A View from the CMSA ConferenceBy Christine Leyden, RN, MSN Congratulations to CMSA on a successful and engaging meeting. While celebrating 20 years of promoting the value of case management in the health care paradigm, CMSA looked forward to the future in the wake of historic health care... |
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| 06.07.2010 | |
Can Safety-Net Centers Be Medical Homes? Report Says YesProviding care to scores of individuals, safety-net health centers play an indispensable role in health care delivery across the country. But can these institutions—from public hospitals and clinics to rural health centers and federally qualified health... |
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| 06.07.2010 | |
Cost of Cancer Scans Rise, Value IncreasesSince 1999 the cost of medical scans for cancer patients has risen twice as fast as other care-related costs, but the benefits of scans—in terms of health... |
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| 06.07.2010 | |
Parents Prone to Medication ErrorsParents who administer medication to a chronically ill child often make mistakes in dosing, according to a study from... |
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| 06.07.2010 | |
Heart Patients Lack Follow-Up CareWhile communication with a health professional within a week of discharge can improve the readmission rates of heart failure... |
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| 06.07.2010 | |
51%The reduction in potential drug-related adverse events when bar-code technology is used in conjunction with an electronic record when administering drugs in a... |
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