Managing Patients with an Extended Length of Stay
Duration : 60 Minutes
Beverly Cunningham,
Bev Cunningham, MS, RN, ACM is a founding partner of Case Management Concepts, LLC. She has a 25-year deep working knowledge of case management with specific expertise in denials management, patient flow and the role of the Case Manager and Social Worker in the Case Management process. Bev is also Read more
This webinar will focus on the challenge of the patient with an extended length of stay. It will focus on characteristics that can assist hospital case management staff in identifying patients that are potential candidates for extended length of stay, with strategic interventions to decrease both the number of patients in this group and a decrease in the length of stay of any patient reaching extended length of stay.
Course Objectives:
This webinar will assist the hospital case management leaders in developing department strategies—roles, model, interventions—that can decrease both the number of extended length of stay patients, as well as the number of days for that patient group.
Also discussed are the case manager roles that can coordinate the transition of extended length of stay patients. Key collaboration opportunities, including physicians, ancillary services, nursing, and post-acute care providers, will be examined.
Strategic roles for case management leaders, RN case managers and social work case managers, as they work with this patient group, will also be a part of this webinar.
Course Outline:
• Determination of length of stay
• Length of stay versus expected length of stay
• Definition of extended length of stay (LOS)
• Why decrease LOS?
• Determining factors for extended LOS
• Predictive model of a patient’s length of stay
• Assessing patient for potential for extended LOS
• Key roles in decreasing extended length of stay patients
o RN Case Manager
o Social Worker
o Complex Discharge Planning Specialist
o Clerical staff
o Attending physician
o Physician advisor
o UR Committee
o CFO/Executive responsible for case management
• Avoidable days in the extended LOS patient
• Strategies to decrease extended length of stay patients
• The outcomes dashboard for extended length of stay patients
What You Get:
• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points
Who Will Benefit:
• RN case managers
• Case management leaders
• Social work case managers
• Physician advisors
• Executives responsible for case management department
Please reach us at 1-888-844-8963 for any further assistance or if you wish to register
