Social Work Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Article by Connect to End COVID-19 Ambassador and NASW (DC-VA) Member, Lauren Morris, MSW, ACM, LCSW-S Hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are trending down according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3

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MARCH 17, 2023

Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

And in Seattle, Fox 13 reports , a judge ruled that a rush to judgment by a doctor at Seattle Children’s Hospital was "based on conscious and unconscious bias towards people from minority communities. WFMZ-TV reports that the county comptroller in Lehigh County, PA. issued a report on one. Particularly black and brown communities."

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Shelter, Inc

DECEMBER 26, 2021

According to Dr. John Walkup, chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children’s Hospital, 20% of children had mental health challenges before the end of high school, even before the pandemic. Department of Health and Human Services National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 29, 2022

Mayor Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals Announces $1 Million Anonymous Donation to Launch Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Behavioral Health Professionals. New York City. faces a national mental health professional shortage. Real Change News. But push for more police involvement continues. Boston.com.

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Shelter, Inc

MAY 11, 2021

According to Dr. John Walkup, chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children’s Hospital, 20% of children had mental health challenges before the end of high school, even before the pandemic. Department of Health and Human Services National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357) .

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 5, 2021

Lena Richardson is a member: GA Dept of Human Services Appoints Lena Richardson to Georgia Council on Aging. Department of Human Services Commissioner Gerlda B. All On Georgia. Hines announced the appointment of Lena Richardson to the Georgia Council on Aging today.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Depending on your location, reducing turnover by just 1% can save the average hospital $262,300 per year. Department of Health and Human Services emphasized monitoring staffing availability and needs frequently based on census and acuity, clinician-to-patient ratios, coverage within units, and staff on call.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

As such, no matter their specialty, clinicians need to know how to identify when a client is experiencing an illness, mental health condition, or injury, and who to recommend their client to if they are unable to provide services.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

For example, frequent changes in caregivers, being institutionalized or hospitalized, and frequent lack of choice and bodily autonomy are all scenarios that can feel traumatic. Trauma-informed care is a model that can be adapted for any human service organization, including IDD organizations.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. In the long run, we need a good understanding of exactly what conditions and risk factors and other aspects are affecting hospitalizations and patient care outcomes,” explained Bowman. We need to appropriately report the correct service that was rendered.

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MARCH 13, 2023

For example, a new Hospital Price Transparency Rule came into effect in 2022. Unfortunately, many hospitals are struggling to implement the new standards promptly. The cost of healthcare in America is high, and the price for services can vary widely by region, a patient’s access to insurance, and even by insurance provider.

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Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Unlike other populations, a disruption in ABA services can place some clients at an increased risk for serious behavioral regression and losing acquired skills. Regression in behavioral progress could lead to emergency room visits and hospitalizations – two scenarios that are obviously undesirable.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Among soldiers, those engaged in safety planning reported a quicker reduction in suicidal ideation and fewer days of inpatient hospitalization. Indeed, the latter is no longer recommended by suicide prevention experts. To learn how to create a safety plan, see our article, Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Because of this, high DSP turnover rates have been linked to increased rates of injuries and/or hospitalizations among individuals with IDD. This can cause gaps in care, as individual clients wait for staff to re-learn their unique needs. Retaining IDD staff members is not just a financial matter.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

These include: Dehydration Not enough dietary fiber Lack of muscle function/tone Nerve problems or damage to the muscle in the colon and rectum Inactivity/immobility Certain medications, including iron and calcium supplements Surgery or hospitalization Certain medical conditions, including Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, (..)

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

If you don’t have buy-in from your physician groups for a project in a hospital setting, you’re pretty much sunk from the start,” Clayton said. It makes sense, then, that keeping these people on board is also crucial to the success of a system that encourages the introduction of ways to improve. “If

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Complications The most common complication from aspiration is aspiration pneumonia, which accounts for up to 15% of pneumonia cases contracted outside of hospital settings. High risk individuals, individuals who choke multiple times, or anyone who shows the signs of aspiration should be evaluated by a medical professional.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients. Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Common signs of birth trauma include: Feelings of depression, anxiety, and/or guilt Flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, or nightmares regarding the event that caused trauma.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 18, 2022

Joseph’s Hospital celebrates 2022 Social Work Month in March. They can be found in Indian Child Welfare, Humans Services, Behavioral Health, Housing, ONE FIRE, Health Services , Education and Sequoyah Schools, just to name a few of the departments that provide supportive services for our citizens. My Buckhannon.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How does this collective passion, excellence, and mission link to your payers’ needs and wants, such as access, total cost of care reduction, and/or emergency room or hospital diversion? How does this alignment of individual and collective passion and excellence align with your overall mission? How do you stack up to peer organizations?

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

The National Association Workers of Guam Chapter is also gearing up for their annual conference that will unite those on island that are dedicating their lives to human services. You will find social workers practically everywhere, working in schools, hospitals, mental health facilities, veteran centers, and child welfare agencies.

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KVC

JULY 20, 2021

KVC’s expertise spans from preventative, educational services that are the least intensive way to help children and families, to community-based services like foster care that fall in the middle of the continuum, to high-end, acute inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment which is the most intensive way of helping a person in crisis.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

No hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care. While still having too few hospitals/birth centers, an increase to over just 60 OB providers per 10,000 births would change a county’s designation from maternity care desert to low-access. Department of Health and Human Services. No obstetric providers.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Recognizing the risk factors for dehydration and acting proactively today could prevent a hospitalization tomorrow. Final thoughts on dehydration and the Fatal Five Dehydration should not be taken lightly. These tips will help you prevent a dangerous condition before it starts.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

From the story: The Hackneys, who have developmental disabilities, are struggling to understand how taking their daughter to the hospital when she refused to eat could be seen as so neglectful that she’d need to be taken from her home.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

KVC has a track record of serving children with the most complex needs and for solving states’ health and human service agency challenges with innovation. Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death for 10–18-year-old youth, and mental-health-related visits to hospital emergency rooms have risen significantly.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Care coordinators work in numerous settings including roles in hospitals and outpatient care facilities. They take an active stance in managing the utilization of client healthcare services and in improving client outcomes. Care coordination usually is a role that is served by nurses, case managers, or behavioral health clinicians.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune , which broke the story that is the subject of the Netflix documentary Take Care of Maya, reports on what the hospital accused of doing the child so much harm is up to now. The discovery was somewhat selective. I have a blog post about it. ● Remember that movie The Blind Side? . ●

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. In the long run, we need a good understanding of exactly what conditions and risk factors and other aspects are affecting hospitalizations and patient care outcomes,” explained Bowman. We need to appropriately report the correct service that was rendered.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

CSWs who work in settings that provide emergency care (such as hospital emergency departments) where the facility is in-network, but the CSW is OON, are not permitted to balance bill patients beyond in-network cost-sharing amounts. The aim of the law is to protect consumers from unanticipated medical bills.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 12, 2021

City Funding Inadequate For Human Service Workers To Meet Basic Needs, Report Says. New York City’s nonprofit human services workforce – a sector of 200,000 social workers, case managers, and counselors serving the city’s most vulnerable residents – is, itself, in need. “We Gotham Gazette.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

With the growth of health services at home, a 2021 report from the U.S. Department and Human Services found that Medicare visits conducted through telehealth in 2020 increased 63-fold, from about 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 Telehealth is increasing. Increased scrutiny of nursing homes.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Sites included community mental health centers, inpatient mental health hospitals, school-based services, and specialized programs for substance use or chronic homelessness. Antecedents to retention and turnover among child welfare, social work, and other human service employees: What can we learn from past research?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Department of Human Services, went to great lengths to spin the results and direct readers toward the spin instead of the reviews themselves. The first chance is while you and your newborn are still in the hospital. The algorithm in question is the second of two in use in Allegheny County. He calls it “Jason’s Law” of course.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

On Wednesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services released a? According to licensed clinical social worker with Baptist Hospital, Melissa Donahue , “Buddy’s Law” would have definitely helped slow the cycle of violence and helped catch issues in homes.

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