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Dr. Joshua Bershad Describes the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's Community Care Initiative
Dr. Joshua Bershad, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer,
, talks about the $4 million grant the hospital received from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch a Community Care Initiative, and how healthcare professionals across the nation can make the most of these changing times.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
In addition, Dr. Bershad discusses specific aspects of the Community Care Initiative, such as linking communities to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to lower hospital readmission rates. He also discusses the initiative's two-pronged approach: direct services, which involves the transitional care model to provide supportive systems for patients when they leave the hospital (eg, transitional care nurse to call and visit patients at their home to ensure medication adherence, proper diet, etc); and health information technology to tie the provider network together and increase communication/transfer of information.
Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr Dalia Rotstein: Physicians Must Be Aware MS Affects People of All Backgrounds
April 24th 2024Dalia Rotstein, MD, MPH, emphazises the importance of awareness that multiple sclerosis (MS) impacts patients from various backgrounds as clinicians think through ways to improve access to care and research efforts in MS.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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