The hospital readmission rate is up at ABC Hospital. As Chief Medical Officer, you must determine the conditions that are contributing to the increase in readmits. Based on your review of hospital census reports and other financial information, you discover patients diagnosed with cancer and heart disease are readmitted 3 or more times in a calendar year. Although a Disease Management Program is in place to follow-up with these patients after discharge from the hospital, case managers are overworked and struggle to keep up with their case loads because of recent staffing reductions. As a result of the personnel shortage, the time between initial contacts after patient discharge is longer than desired. Describe how you would utilize your current human resources to meet capacity and address patient needs. What are the financial implications of your decision?

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