Long-Stay Hospitalizations: Managing the Complex Patient Population

They’re long-stay patients who gum up your hospital throughput and siphon off financial resources. Administrators who see the front end — patients in holding pattern waiting for available beds — attribute the delays to problems on the back end. Consequently, case management is called upon to “fix the problem” with discharge delays. But no one, it seems, takes a hard look at patient progression in the middle of these scenarios.

Coordinating care for long-stay patients requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving case managers and others, as well as a sufficient time commitment. From this exclusive RACmonitor webcast, you’ll learn what should happen during daily and weekly interdisciplinary team rounds and complex case reviews. Our presenters, Tiffany Ferguson and Marie Stinebuck, also will explain who should be at the table, how to make discussions concise and productive, and other tactics for proactively managing this complex patient population.

Why This Is Relevant:

When patients occupy a bed for up to 100 days or more, bad things can happen. First and foremost, delays in patient flow may compromise quality of care. Added to that, you’re likely looking at financial losses due to underinsured or denied patients — or those who’ve simply exhausted their DRG payments because of a protracted length of stay. Register for this RACmonitor webcast today, and prepare to take away real-world solutions to a thorny problem.

Learning Objectives:

• Grasp the impacts of complex patients on hospital throughput
• Identify key differences between interdisciplinary rounds (IDRs) and complex case reviews
• Get a clear picture of IDR best practices
• Understand the role of a multidisciplinary team during complex care review meetings
• Learn additional options for addressing complex cases when a weekly meeting is not enough

Who Should Attend:

Case management senior leadership, managers/directors and staff; physician advisors; and nursing leadership.