Download or read book Emergency Department Case Management Second Edition written by Kathleen Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From defining goals, clarifying roles, and understanding the necessary knowledge and skills required, Emergency Department Case Management: The Compendium of Best Practices, 2nd Edition will ensure that ED case management staff have a solid and sustainable foundation in place. After exploring models and reviewing emergency department infrastructure, this compendium will help readers outline key partnerships, present multiple options for case finding, tackle observation status accurately, address quality and evaluation issues, and identify ways ED RN case managers and social workers coordinate care for complex cases, such as pediatric, psychiatric, homeless, and uninsured populations. In addition to many new tools, this book is also packed with more than 20 detailed spotlights and case studies discussing ED case management strategies, best practices, and experiences of ED professionals from across the country. The new edition includes: The presence of case management RNs and Social Workers in emergency departments (ED) has become a standard since the first edition of this text was published in 2007. Ever-expanding and changing regulations for EDs and hospitals have emerged, while best practices have evolved to address these challenges. This new edition discusses these changes and provides updated guidance on running a compliant, effective, and efficient case management team in the ED. It also provides insight on adapting the role of case management based on unique ED patient populations and helps ED case managers stay ahead of the curve by examining what lies ahead in their profession.
Download or read book Emergency Department Case Management written by Karen S. Zander and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliminate sky-high wait times and increased denials in your ED Hospitals across the country are seeing extreme backup in the emergency department (ED). In recent years, well-structured emergency department case management programs have repeatedly demonstrated their value in: Influencing capacity Assigning patients to appropriate levels of care Targeting complex discharge needs Assisting with proper utilization review Whether you are looking to implement, maintain, or evolve your ED case management program, eliminate confusion surrounding the process with the help of Emergency Department Case Management: Strategies for Creating and Sustaining a Successful Program. Examining all perspectives of ED case management, this new and comprehensive guide will help you define a program that best suits your facility's needs. All the tools you need to get your program up and running From defining goals, clarifying roles, and understanding the necessary knowledge and skill sets required from ED case management staff, Emergency Department Case Management will help to ensure that you have a solid and sustainable foundation in place. After exploring models and reviewing your infrastructure, Emergency Department Case Management will help you outline key partnerships, present multiple options for case finding, tackle observation status, address quality and evaluation issues, and identify ways ED case managers can contribute to care coordination for complex pediatric, psychiatric, homeless, and uninsured populations. Written by Kathleen Walsh, RN, MS, and Karen Zander RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN, from the Center for Case Management, Emergency Department Case Management provides advice and best practices from two of the nations top case management experts. Take a look inside at the table of contents: Chapter 1: ED Case Management: The Heart of Access Chapter 2: The Foundation Chapter 3: Partnerships Chapter 4: The Process Chapter 5: Developing interventional strategies Chapter 6: Observation status determination Chapter 7: Program-level evaluation Chapter 8: Information system support Chapter 9: Quality Chapter 10: Addressing the pediatric population Chapter 11: Responding to the psychiatric population Chapter 12: Strengthening an existing program It's also packed with 15 detailed case studies discussing ED case management strategies, as well as five spotlight accounts detailing the experiences of ED professionals from across the country, including: A case manager A social worker A psychiatric nurse An information systems specialist An ED physician Don't hesitate to jumpstart your ED case management program. From beginning to end, Emergency Department Case Management will serve as the lead architect to help you design, build, and strengthen your ED case management model--order your copy today! Learning objectives: Conceptualize a framework for setting up an ED case management program Develop policies, procedures, and role descriptions Identify structural components, tools, and processes to support an ED case management program Describe potential outcomes of an ED case management program Who should buy this book? Emergency Department Case Management is the perfect resource for case managers, directors of case management, ED nurse managers, social workers, ED directors/administrators, and CFOs. HCPro Inc. has confirmed that none of the faculty presenters or contributors has any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity.The HCPro Risk-Free, Money-Back Guarantee If for any reason you're not completely satisfied with your purchase, return it within 30 days and you will receive a prompt, polite, 100% refund--no questions asked.
Download or read book 101 Clinical Cases in Emergency Room written by Badar M Zaheer and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a quick reference guide to emergency medicine for clinicians and trainees. Presented as clinical case studies, it is divided over 21 chapters, each covering scenarios in different body systems. Cases are presented in an easy to read format, helping trainees form a diagnosis and quick treatment plan. The final section covers disaster management. Each case highlights clinical pearls and pitfalls, emphasising the importance of a mis-diagnosis and its legal implications. Written by a recognised specialist from Chicago Medical School, the practical manual includes nearly 250 photographs, diagrams, tables and charts to enhance learning, as well as further reading suggestions. Key points Quick reference guide presenting 101 clinical case studies for emergency medicine clinicians and trainees Covers emergencies in all body systems Includes chapter on disaster management Authored by expert from Chicago Medical School
Download or read book Case Files Emergency Medicine Second Edition written by Eugene C. Toy and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real life cases for the emergency medicine clerkship and shelf-exam You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the emergency medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Emergency Medicine presents 50 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in emergency medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather then merely memorize facts. 50 high-yield emergency medicine cases, each with USMLE-style questions Clinical pearls highlight key concepts Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor Proven learning system maximizes your shelf-exam scores
Download or read book Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department written by Amal Mattu and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket book succinctly describes 400 errors commonly made by attendings, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the emergency department, and gives practical, easy-to-remember tips for avoiding these errors. The book can easily be read immediately before the start of a rotation or used for quick reference on call. Each error is described in a short clinical scenario, followed by a discussion of how and why the error occurs and tips on how to avoid or ameliorate problems. Areas covered include psychiatry, pediatrics, poisonings, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, trauma, general surgery, orthopedics, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, renal, anesthesia and airway management, urology, ENT, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Download or read book Emergency Department Design written by Jon Huddy and published by American College Emergency Physicians. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new book from ACEP that will help you participate effectively-or lead the way-in the successful design of your emergency department. Emergency Department Design will teach you the design and planning process so that you and other caregivers can make decisions about what's best for your department. Whether you're building a new department, remodeling an existing one, expanding, or simply adding a new service, the critical decisions you'll make must be based on an understanding of the design process. Time and time again, the best results are achieved when caregivers drive this process, working with design professionals to plan not just for today's patients, but also for those of the future. Read this book and learn how to: Assess your space needs Set physical design goals that meet operational outcomes Define the scope of your project Select a design professional Evaluate the "workability" of proposed design solutions ...and much more. You'll minimize the complexity of the challenge, reduce wasted time, and focus on creating a design that fulfills your vision of how emergency care should be provided. The author is Jon Huddy, AIA, with FreemanWhite, Inc., a nationally renowned architectural firm specializing in emergency department design. Mr. Huddy brings a passion for emergency department design, a commitment to include caregivers in the design process, and an entertaining, energetic presentation style to this book. Michael T. Rapp, MD, JD, FACEP, past president of ACEP, served as editor and contributed his insights in a special introductory chapter, "The Emergency Physician's Perspective." Plus, more than 20 other emergency care professionals and architects have contributed case studies and "pearls and pitfalls" from their own personal experiences with emergency department design projects.
Download or read book Emergency Department Leadership and Management written by Stephanie Kayden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for a global audience, by an international team, the book provides practical, case-based emergency department leadership skills.
Download or read book Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics written by Kate Curtis and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 1474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Highlighted skills - cross references to the Clinical Skills chapter throughout text - Over 30 new case studies - Patient journey from pre-hospital and emergency-specific case studies - Critical thinking questions at the end of chapters - Chapter 35 Obstetric emergencies now includes 'Supporting a normal birth'.
Download or read book Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.
Download or read book Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput written by John M. Shiver and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country ambulances are turned away from emergency departments (EDs) and patients are waiting hours and sometimes days to be admitted to a hospital room. Hospitals are finding it hard to get specialist physicians to come to treat emergency patients. Our EDs demand a new way of thinking. They are not at a tipping point; they are at a break
Download or read book Case Management written by Suzanne K. Powell and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for a new career as a case manager—or just upgrade your skills to a whole new level—with the newly updated Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice, 4th Edition. Ideal for case management certification (CCMC) exam preparation, this is a thorough review of the case manager’s many roles and skills, from acute to post-acute care. Whether you are a nurse transitioning to case management or already active in it, this is your road map to coordinating successful patient care, from hospital to home. Build a strong case management career foundation, with expert, evidence-based direction: NEW chapter on case manager orientation programs that offers orientation checklists, competency assessment, and learning profiles, with available online tools NEW topics on current practice issues and developments, including the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and value-based care NEW content on experiential, problem-based learning—learning practices, training programs, case management team professional development Offers in-depth, evidence-based guidance on: The case manager’s roles, functions, and tasks Key concepts—quality management and outcomes evaluation, legal and ethical considerations, case management process, utilization management, transitions of care The role of the nurse case manager versus social worker role Strategies that ensure effectiveness of case management models Coordinating care, protecting privacy and confidentiality, health insurance benefit analysis, practice standards The Case Management Code of Professional Conduct, accreditation agencies and standards, specialty board certifications Management of resources and reimbursement concepts Case management in various settings—acute care, emergency department, admissions, perioperative services, disease management, insurance case management, palliative care, end-of-life care, hospice, home health care, physician groups, public health/community-based care, rehabilitation Ideal preparation for the CCMC exam—offers a large portion of CCMC exam content—and for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Case Management study A must-have desk reference that offers plentiful case studies—considered to be “the bible” of case management
Download or read book Trauma Care written by Elaine Cole and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The often complex problems of the trauma patient present manychallenges to front line emergency staff. Multiple injuriesinvolving many systems of the body require careful and timelyprioritisation and intervention in the emergency department. TraumaCare provides emergency nurses with a practical guide to thesystematic assessment and management of trauma patients, equippingthem with the clinical knowledge and practical skills necessary toinitially assess and care for the trauma patient in the emergencydepartment trauma environment. Trauma Care explores the concept of trauma assessment, focusing onpatient priorities and interprofessional trauma team working.Individual chapters look at the essential assessment and managementissues for each system of the body and specific age relatedcomplications. Emphasis is placed on key patient priorities, withacknowledgement to the common pitfalls in initial trauma care. Thistext will be essential for all emergency nurses, and those workingin the emergency department.
Download or read book Bouncebacks written by Michael B. Weinstock and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case-based for most effective learning and retention, Bouncebacks! helps emergency physicians sharpen their analytical skills to improve their diagnostic ability in preparing for emergency medicine board exams. The format is the actual documentation of 30 ED patients who were sent home and then ?bounced back? to receive a different diagnosis. Although patients in these cases were not entirely mismanaged, often important ?red flags? were missed or ignored. Bouncebacks! helps emergency medicine physician learn to organize their thoughts and analyze cases in a logical manner. The cases are structured to help the reader simulate the process of analysis used in actual practice. After reviewing the initial visit, Gregory L. Henry provides commentary on patient evaluation. The final visit(s) is presented, and each case ends with a referenced discussion of the initial complaint and eventual diagnosis by leaders in the field of Emergency Medicine.
Download or read book Competency Evaluation Tools for Case Management Professionals Second Edition written by Karen S. Zander and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential toolkit for case management professionals focuses on real-world case management functions, providing compentency evaluation tools designed by experts in the field and best practices for those who develop performance appraisals, job descriptions, and sequence training.
Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement written by Jody Crane MD MBA and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique and integrated approach, The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement: Employing Lean Principles with Current ED Best Practices to Create the "No Wait" Department exposes you to the academics behind managing the complex service environment that is the ED. The book combines applied management science and ED experi
Download or read book ED Case Management 2nd Edition written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Care Emergency Medicine Second Edition written by John P. Marshall and published by McGraw-Hill Education / Medical. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking text on critical care emergency medicine – updated with the latest evidence and recommendations A Doody’s Core Title for 2021! Critical Care Emergency Medicine has become the standard reference for all clinicians who wish to understand the overlap between emergency medicine and critical care. Much like the field of emergency medicine itself, this text is a collaborative effort involving emergency physicians as well as clinicians from trauma, critical care, infectious diseases, and pulmonary medicine. Critical Care Emergency Medicine teaches emergency physicians everything they must know and do to better care for critically ill patients in an emergency department or to provide care in an ICU. Enhanced by numerous algorithms that speed decision making and full-color illustrations demonstrating anatomy and technique, this book is an essential practice tool. Incorporating the wisdom of both academic and community emergency medicine experts, Critical Care Emergency Medicine, Second Edition delivers expert coverage of: Airway and Ventilatory Support Pulmonary Disorders Cardiovascular Disorders Gastrointestinal and Renal Disorders Neurologic and Neurosurgical Disorders Hematologic and Endocrine Disorders Infectious Disorders Toxicologic Conditions Ultrasonography in Critical Care Special Considerations (including nutritional support, end-of-life issues, fluid management, and more) If you are looking for an up-to-date, evidence-based text designed to take your critical care to the next level, your search ends here.
