Older adults are dying from falls in increasing numbers, according to a June 4 research letter published in JAMA. For reasons that aren’t yet clear, the number of adults age 75 and older who died from a fall rose from 8,613 in 2000 to 25,189 in 2016.
Today, case managers and social workers have become cross-trained in many areas, creating ambiguity about the distinctive education they must use to support patients in different ways. A scoping exercise can serve as an objective way to determine team roles.
A recent study from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that accountable care organization (ACO) care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or spending in patients with complex needs.
