2008 Salary and Trends Survey
Don’t delay. Take the 2008 Salary and Trends Survey. This important resource will take only a few minutes of your time, and we urge you to help all of our fellow practitioners gain an understanding of case management’s trends. If you cannot complete it now, visit the Case in Point website later and click on the icon on the top left-hand corner of the screen.
Filling a Critical Need: NY Nurses Become Educators
The Greater New York Hospital Association’s Gap Program is helping nurses who have bachelor’s or master’s degrees become clinical faculty or preceptors — so they can fill the gaps in university nursing school faculty and allow more students to enter nursing programs. The four-year-old program also aims to ease hospitals’ growing nurse vacancy and reduce staffing turnover for new nurses. Click here to read more.
CMS Updates End-of-Life Rights for Medicare Patients
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued new regulations updating and spelling out the rights of terminally ill Medicare patients in deciding their end-of-life care. New language in the regulations say patients who go into hospice care can participate in their treatment plan, refuse treatment, select their own physicians and receive pain control. Click here to read more.
Health Officials Seek To Reduce Premature Birth
Health officials have begun an unprecedented effort to find out why one in eight U.S. babies is born premature and to develop a strategy to stop the trend, which has increased for the past two decades. A major focus will be on late preemies — those born only weeks before their due date — since there are indications that the rise in these births may be due to unnecessary Caesarean sections. Click here to read more.
Hospitals Making Progress on MRSA
More than 75 percent of infection control experts surveyed report that their hospitals have taken additional steps to prevent the drug-resistant superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the past year. The steps include staff education, aggressive hand-washing, increased use of protective gloves and gowns, and targeted screening. However, more than half of respondents also said that their facilities could do more to prevent transmission. Click here to read more.
Build a Mentor Program: What To Know
Many employees benefit from a mentoring relationship, but you need to ask certain questions and set mentee expectations to create a successful program. Click here to read more.
Weight-loss Plan for Diabetics Works Long-term
A follow-up study has determined that a weight-loss plan devised by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center is still effective for type-2 diabetics even one year later. The plan included a 12-week diet and exercise program, and patients were followed for another year without intervention. Click here to read more.
