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Patient Navigator Mandy Petrie PMI December 7, 2014 Patient Navigator Navigator programs provide safe and effective movement of a patient across the care continuum, improve self-management of patient care and enhances patient practitioner communication. In 2005, President Bush signed into law the Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005. “The new law authorizes the appropriation of $25 million over five years for demonstration programs to provide patient navigator services…
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Exploratory Essay Jamey L. Walker Purdue University Calumet Why is everyone so concerned with hospital readmissions? Who cares if they happen within 30 days of discharge from the last hospital admission? After all, aren’t people taught to go to the hospital when they are sick and admitted when they are ill enough? As a floor nurse it was my job to take care of patients until they were well enough to be discharged home. It was my hope that while they were admitted they learned something…
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$863,184 in 2010 Kaiser Permanente Southern California, CA (2012) - 12 month study with ASP team including an ID pharmacist and physician - quantify antimicrobial overuse and patient safety improvements - Drug acquisition cost savings: $384,985 in 12 months - Reduced rate of hospital associated C. difficile in one site, estimated cost saving: $672,000 New York Hospital Queens Flushing, NY (2014) - 5 month study with clinical pharmacist performing prospective review of antimicrobial orders with…
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COPD and the Effects of Nursing Case Management Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is being seen more frequently than ever before, placing a burden upon healthcare services. Nursing case management including education in self-care is necessary for patients with this chronic illness. The management of COPD is a critical leading role that the nurse is able to assume throughout the course of care (Fletcher & Dahl, 2013). As nurses follow patients throughout their course of care, they are in an appropriate…
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of the requirements in the course Nursing 464: Developing Case Management Skills in the School of Nursing Old Dominion University NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Summer, 2007 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart failure is “an extremely common illness, accounting for increasing hospital admissions and a large segment of costs to health care systems. It is the leading cause of hospital admissions and readmissions in Americans aged over 65 years of age. The illness has been…
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The Impact of Health Information Technology on Patient Outcomes Jeff McCullough ∗ Steve Parente † Robert Town ‡ November 4, 2011 Abstract This paper estimates the impact of hospitals’ health information technology (IT) adoption on patient outcomes for four common, high mortality conditions: acute myocardial infarction, congestive health failure, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and pneumonia. We primarily study the use of electronic medical record and computerized physician order entry…
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Bashur reported that “Telemedicine involves the use of modern information technology, especially two-way interactive audio/video communications, computers and telemetry to deliver health services to remote patients and to facilitate information exchange between primary care physicians and specialists at some distance from each other” (as cited in Starren, Nesbitt, Chiang, & 2014). However, telehealth pertains to remote clinical healthcare services afforded by telemedicine methods, and other automated…
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Nursing Case Management Kelly Leann B. Richard University of North Carolina at Greensboro NUR 541 I have abided by the Academic Integrity Policy on this assignment In partial fulfillment toward the MSN degree Leann B. Richard 11/ 7/11 Abstract Case Management has a rich history that has evolved over time to meet the needs of patients, attempt to control rising healthcare costs, and provide high quality care. Multiple roles, responsibilities, and skills are required to be successful…
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to implementing patient- and family-centered care. Without Rigsby’s consent, the project would be null. All staff who participates in team meetings would be excellent people who could assist in improving the gap. Conway, the psychiatrist, is the chief medical director. Additionally, the RT and SWs have direct contact with the patients and know their needs. As usual, nursing fills different roles in the team. One is utilization and the other is the team’s leader, our patient care coordinator…
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Identify a government policy decision that has influenced or will influence your field of study. The policy decision can be a federal or state agency rulemaking, legislative action, or court decision that has already been or will be implemented. Discuss one positive and one negative effect that this policy has had or will have on your field. America is about to make major changes in the country’s health care system. The goal of the Affordable Care Act is reduction of the number of uninsured…
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