PATH ALONG staff combine a postive outlook with action triggers to instill a sense of control in to the hospital stay. The patient is bigger and much more than the diagnosis. This shrinks the problem (diagnosis) facilitating a forward motion in strategies to self manage the symptoms. This provides the patient with comprehensible thought content for the concept of being a partner in the healing process.
Action triggers simply say I will do X when Y happens. (Switches) This is essentially meeting the experience in thought before actually having the physical event. The script is set and the content propels the patient forward in a pragmatic fashion.
As we enter to register the clerk will ask you to sign a paper giving the hospital permission to treat and bill your insurance. When this happens you say as an addendum with this signature I give you permission to prescribe from the insurance medication formulary. The formulary is a list of medications the insurance plan agrees to pay for as part of your benefit.
When the nurse says I am having the hospital lab come in and draw the blood for the tests the hospitalist has ordered. You ask the hospital staff to please explain how the primary provider will be able to view the results of the labs at the next clinic visit.
When the hospitalist requests that you agree to meet with social services. You ask the hospitalist to direct you to the area designated to deliver detailed information on the many community resources that can be of help when you leave the hospital setting.
This is a breif sample of the discussion between PATH ALONG staff and the inpatient. These thoughtful discussions help anchor significant ideas in the person's mind. The behavior demonstrates a postive perspective for participating as an engaged partner in the healing process. Thoughts and actions unify as self management becomes understandable.
PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with three defined services to help the hospitalist fulfull their continuity of care role. The focus is on care filled transitions. The result is a reduced hospital readmission rate.
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