Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, mental health facilities and nursing homes are complicated organizations where it is possible for many things to go wrong if there is insufficient oversight. If ...

Health care in the United States is stretched to its limit, and those who enter the medical field want to be able to provide the best care possible for their patients. For nurses, usually the backbone ...

Few occupational fields have experienced such rapid recent growth as the health care sector. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the health care industry is expected to create roughly 2.3 ...

Patients with complex illness face a bewildering array of specialty and primary care providers, as well as home and long-term care services and supports. Care arrangements may be especially confusing ...

Compared with usual care, a dementia care management program improved various cost of care and utilization metrics in a Medicare managed care population at 12 months. Objectives: To examine a 12-month ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially released its final 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, including increased reimbursements for chronic care management (CCM). CMS began ...

Because of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches. With the rise ...

A nephrostomy offers access to the kidney so urine can be drained when a retrograde approach is not possible. Nurses need to understand how to care for, and manage, patients with a nephrostomy, but ...

Care Management Services are offered to help students maximize their opportunities for academic and personal success. This is accomplished through case management and coordination of care between ...

Rib fractures are common after blunt trauma to the chest, accounting for 10% of hospital trauma admissions. Complications can be life threatening and can result from the initial impact, as well as ...