Articles Tagged With: navigator
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Communication in Care Transition Process Needs Improvement
The care transition process is challenging, especially for patients with multiple complex conditions. To provide the best care to high-risk patients, case managers, community providers, and clinicians need to optimize communication. Case managers can improve the process through quality improvement efforts that focus on overcoming dialogue challenges and identifying providers’ communication preferences.
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Nurse Navigator Role Helps Reduce 30-Day Readmissions
A program that used nurse navigators with heart failure patients cut its 30-day readmission rate in half and provided more thorough follow-up care in transitioning patients home.
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Financial Navigators Can Solve Complex Cases
For patients facing a stack of complex hospital bills, there is a new kind of expert ready to help.