1 The study followed 4,574 patients who were admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for symptoms of chest pain over an eight-year period.
Case managers today are challenged to coordinate care for sicker patients with fewer resources and are pressured to move them through the continuum quickly and develop a creative discharge plan that maximizes the available resources and prevents readmissions, says Kathy Rickard, RN, BSN, MBA, associate director, clinical resource management and social work at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The 66-year-old coach was released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Friday morning, then had breakfast with the team and ran practice.
Having up-to-the-minute data enables us to respond more quickly and try to head off trends that would be difficult for our hospital financially," says Kathy Rickard, RN, BSN, MBA, associate director, clinical resource management and social work at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
The study looked at a total of 202 patients, older than age 30, who came to the ED at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania between October 2005 and February 2007, and whose primary complaint was chest pain.
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Rhodes, MD, lead author of the article, director of healthcare policy research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an emergency physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia.
