Guest Authors and Interviews

Care Transitions

Adult Day Care a Low-Cost Post-Acute Option
by Mike Leebron, director of Spectrum of Care

Improving Care Coordination: A Physician's Perspective
Q&A with Stephen C. Schimpff, MD, FACP, former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Connectivity is Key for Post-Acute Collaboration with Hospitals
Q&A with Brett Cohen, a regional vice president of operations at Kindred Healthcare

Author of NEJM Study Sees Progress in Cutting Readmissions
Q&A with Stephen Jencks, MD, MPH, independent consultant in health-care safety and quality, and a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Doing Our Part to Prevent Readmissions
by Laura Davie, project director for the University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice

Removing Dangerous Pitfalls from Patient Transitions
Q&A with Mark Lachs, MD, MPH, director of geriatrics for NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and professor of medicine and co-chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Weill Medical College

Going to School on Patient Safety, Care Transitions
Q&A with David Nash, MD, founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health

Improving Care Transitions: A Hospitalist's Perspective
Q&A with Michael Radzienda, MD, SFHM, a regional chief medical officer at Sound Physicians

The Importance of Coordinated Patient Transitions: A Hospitalist's View
by Darin Vercillo, MD, CEO and co-founder of Central Logic

Virtual Care-Transition Program Helps Cut Readmissions
by Tonya Miller, PT, DPT, regional director for Central Pennsylvania and Maryland for Celtic Healthcare

Better Communication Leads to Better Care
Q&A with Tammy Cole-Poklewski, RN, MS, director of quality, patient safety and care management at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital

Six Ways to Use Communication for Good Patient Transitions
by Joanna Smith, LCSW, MPH, CEO of Healthcare Liaison, Inc., and founder/president of the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants

Case Management

Maine Pilot Helps Cut ED Visits Among Medicaid Patients
by Bonnie L. Smith, RN, deputy HHS commissioner in Maine

Case Managers, Listen Up: Empower Your Patients
by Teri Treiger, RN-C, MA, CCM, CCP, president of the Case Management Society of America

Case Management: A Payer Perspective
Q&A with Diana Rappa-Kesser, RN, MSN, senior director of case management, and Scott Fox, MS, MEd, director of informatics, at Keystone Mercy Health Plan

Ten Steps to Navigate Ethical, Legal Challenges in Case Management
by Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, CCM, CRP, principal of EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC

How to Get Best-in-Class Case Management
by Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, CCM, president of Mullahy & Associates

Changing Your Case-Management Model of Care
by Jan Lear, RN, CMC, director of case management at Franklin Square Hospital Center

Case Management on the Road: A Mission of Health Care
by Bonnie L. Smith, RN, BSN, MFA, director of care coordination and clinical denials at Maine Medical Center

Clinical Data Informatics

Data, Collaboration Hallmarks of High-Performing Health Systems
Q&A with Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., president and CEO of the American Medical Group Association

Using Technology, Data for a Better Post-Acute Care Experience
Q&A with Rick Cochran, executive vice president of sales and marketing at LaVie Care Centers

How Today's Physicians Use Data to Adapt to Brave New World
Q&A with William Hanson, MD, the chief medical information officer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Clinical Data Informatics: The Engine Driving More Effective Care
by Karin J. Lindgren, health-care IT lawyer, general counsel at Reed Group, Ltd., and faculty member of the graduate program for medical informatics at Northwestern University

Using Data to Optimize Care and Outcomes
Q&A with Brian Porter, quality manager at Elliot Health System

Compliance

Use MDS 3.0 to Maintain SNF Margins
by Kris Mastrangelo, OTR, LNHA, president and CEO of Harmony Healthcare International, a  consultancy that provides on-site auditing of MDS and associated medical records.

Innovation

Short-Term Care Innovations Improve Patient, Family Experience
by Connie Bessler, CEO of Greystone Healthcare Management

NIH Director: Improving ED Care Through Research
Q&A with Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, acting director of the Office of Emergency Care Research.

Cost Transparency Key to Patient-Centered Care
by Jonathan E. Gordon, board member of Costs of Care, a non-profit social venture

Medical Students Become Patients in Nursing Homes
Q&A with Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., director of geriatrics education and research at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Promoting Patient Education with Social Media
Q&A with Kevin Pho, MD, primary care physician at Nashua Medical Group and creator of the KevinMD blog

Leadership

Five Key Principles of Effective Leadership
by Brenda Hogan, RN, BS, director of clinical outcomes at Maury Regional Medical Center

Policy

The Seven P's of Policy Process
by Deborah E. Trautman, Ph.D., RN, executive director of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation

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