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Issue 12, December 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Easing family, physician resistance toward hospice care

  A case manager meets her newest patient-an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and chronic heart...

Issue 9, November 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• The evidence is clear: Case managers play a key role in quality management

  As national quality standards gain more attention and hospital administrators realize the boon of...

• Best practices: How 10 hospitals improved ED patient flow

  ED staff nationwide are overwhelmed by the number of patients they are legally required to treat...

Issue 8, October 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Boston hospital reduces delay days and improves patient flow

  In an urban hospital that sees more and more uninsured patients and a high number of trauma...

• Complex Case: Teamwork helps coordinate a difficult international discharge

  unit after suffering a stroke. Due to the severity of the stroke, Daniel couldn't speak, and the...

Issue 7, September 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• A cutting-edge program helps patients face the end of life

  An innovative palliative care program at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix has shortened LOS and...

• Asthma patients breathe easier after CM improves physician practices

  In an urban clinic in Grand Rapids, MI, the state with the highest rate of asthma, Mary Craymer...

• Involve family caregivers immediately to develop an effective plan

  When Carol Levine, director of the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project, spoke...

Issue 6, August 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Go with the flow: How to achieve buy-in from nurses and physicians

  When discharging a patient, case managers may feel like the bad guy: They're trying to send the...

• Know your risks: How the courts evaluate case manager competency

  It is a case manager's worst nightmare: A patient who has previously attempted suicide is...

Issue 5, July 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Bedside care initiative produces creative discharge planning proposals

  In July 2003, several hospitals began an initiative to transform and improve bedside care on...

• Five cost-effective and simple steps to improve patient flow

  Creating a separate direct admissions unit and hiring an ED case manager and a bed control...

Issue 4, June 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• TN nurse develops psychiatric plan of care

  What started as an assignment for her master's program ended up as a personal crusade for Belen...

Issue 3, May 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Four case studies from a case-management expert

  Editor's note: "The Zander files" features eyewitness accounts and tips from case-management expert...

Issue 2, April 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Pressure ulcer cases

  Pressure ulcers rapidly have become the number-one legal issue for hospitals. "The number of jury...

• Don't neglect the effect of diagnosis-related group comorbid condition splits

  In the 2004 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment system (PPS), a number of DRGs were...

Issue 1, March 10, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Docs warm-up to transitional unit: A day in the life of a case manager

  Debbie Sherwood, RN, a case manager at Decatur Memorial Hospital, IL, had 45 patients in her case...