The Montreal Cognitive Test Intervention: The Relationship Between Cognitive-Impaired Patients and Readmissions
Background:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between cognitive impairment among Medicare patients and hospital readmissions. Although there has been research on cognitive impairment and readmissions, seldom action has been done in regard to economic costs with hospitals. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program in 2012. Hospitals may not be fully reimbursed for Medicare patient readmissions within 30 days (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012).
Study Design:
An ethnographic approach was utilized with purposive sampling.
Thi...
Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Patient Rights at the End of Life: The Ethics of Aid-in-Dying
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Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Patient Rights at the End of Life: The Ethics of Aid-in-Dying
Conclusions:
When state laws do not support a terminally ill person's ability to make his or her own end-of-life decisions based on his or her own preferences and desires related to PAD and dignity in dying, there can be moral conflictions with the existing ethical principles that can contribute to additional distress and anxiety in the terminally ill patient. Not allowing the terminally ill patient the legal right to choose his or her preferences and desires at the end of life goes against the freedom of the patient to choose. The aging population is growing quickly, and people are living longer, which means the frail e...
Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Shared Decision-Making: A New Frontier for Case Management Leadership
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Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Shared Decision-Making: A New Frontier for Case Management Leadership
Conclusions:
Communication skill is an essential case management competency. Shared decision-making is a communication process in which a case manager and a client collaborate to make the best health care decisions based on what matters most to the client. Case managers must undertake education and training to become fluent in shared decision-making as a core feature of person-centered, professional practice.
Implications for Professional Case Management Practice:
Professional case managers must understand the concept and principles of shared decision-making as applies in their practice as well as their responsibiliti...
Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Compassion Fatigue
This article discusses the difference between compassion fatigue and BOS, the key symptoms, how to self-test for compassion fatigue, and steps to take to minimize this epidemic. (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - January 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Editorial Source Type: research
Improving Interdisciplinary Communication Using a Group Work Program Software Application
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Case Management Matters Source Type: research
“Boots-on-the-Ground” Advocacy: Field Case Management and Transitions of Care
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: CCMC News and Views Source Type: research
I'm Sorry: Laws That Support Apologies in Health Care
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Legal & Regulatory Issues Source Type: research
Planting the Seeds to Nurture Future Case Managers
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: The HeartBeat of Case Management Source Type: research
Professional Case Management: Promoting the Value of Case Management
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: CMSA Highlights Source Type: research
Reducing Hospital Readmissions in Upstate New York: Teasing Out the Effective Programs
Purpose of Study:
The study's purpose was to identify hospital programs, organizational characteristics, and levels of nursing involvement in hospital programs that contribute significantly to reductions in readmission rates and reimbursement penalties for hospital systems in upstate New York.
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospitals located in upstate New York.
Methodology and Sample:
No sampling technique was employed because the cohort included hospitals located in upstate New York. Hospitals in upstate New York were selected (N = 94), representing 53 counties ranging between metropolitan and rural status. Using an e...
Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Advancing Complex Case Management Competencies in a Health Care System
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Advancing Complex Case Management Competencies in a Health Care System
Conclusion:
Studies on hospital length of stay are prevalent as are studies of effective case management and the importance of a comprehensive education program. Correlating effective case management to successful disposition of long-stay patients and efficacy of discharge planning education is the focus of this review of evidence. Creation of advanced case management competency education will benefit patients, staff, and the health care system by increasing the skill level to promote early recognition of discharge barriers in complex long-stay patients.
Implications for Case Management Practice:
Continued focus on af...
Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Leveraging Interprofessional Team-Based Care Toward Case Management Excellence: Part 2, Team Development, Interprofessional Team Activation, and Sustainability
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Source: Professional Case Management - November 26, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
