If you're feeling a time crunch at work, you're not alone. Case managers are often juggling heavy caseloads and an increasing number of job responsibilities.
Although the 2014 inpatient prospective payment system final rule didn't bring too many changes to the process of discharge planning, you can and should be using the discharge plan to meet some of the updated documentation requirements.
Physicians and nurses tell patients how to take their medications before they leave the hospital. But many patients find these instructions confusing and may not really understand what medications they're taking, why they are taking them, or how to take them properly. The result: They take the medications incorrectly-or not at all-and end up back in the hospital.
