SOCW 04 return to my posted discussion wk2 discussion 1 NOT A WORK THIS IS MY POSTED DICUSSION FROM WHICH the students commented on RE: Discussion 1 - Week 2 Collapse Top of Form Total views: 19 (Your views: 4) Primary Role of Medical Social Workers                                                                                          Medical social workers are involved in helping the patient and their families in need of psychosocial help. They also help the patient with essential services such as psychotherapy, counselling and aiding the patient with any assistance they need (Judd & Sheffield, 2010).This helps the patient to recover, also they aid the patient assessing other services such as insurance covers.it is good to note that, the patient needs a lot of care, respect, dignity and a high level of confidentiality to help them boost their self-esteem which helps the patient to feel more comfortable to assess the health care services. Some of the issues involved in patient care that if not addressed can be disastrous include; complications, unnecessary treatment, unexamined instruments, wrong prescriptions among others. However, this problem can be minimized if the medical social worker carries out his duties professionally (Craig & Muskat, 2013).            To ensure effective patient care services, more is needed to be done by the medical social worker. There is need to employ a variety of skills when handling a patient. This include; good listening skills, critical thinking, problem solving skills among others. Patient s need a lot of attention and thus medical social workers should take time to listen, ask questions where appropriate and avoid raising his/her emotions (Marshall, et al., 2011). Also, they need to ensure they employ good communication skills by speaking with the patients in a friendly and respectable manner. They need to use a language which is convenient to both the patient and their family. On top of this, there is need of the medical social worker to acquire more knowledge and specialize in the area that they feel they are comfortably work. This may include; specializing in areas such as children care, aging care, addiction and mental care among others (Mah & Johnstone, 2012).This will help the social worker to perform his duties well in the area of their expertise. This will drastically reduce instances where, patients are given wrongful prescription, complications, unnecessary treatment etc. References Craig, L., & Muskat, B. (2013). Bouncers,Broke,   and Glue:The Self Dercribed Role of a Social Worker in Urban Hospitals. Heath   Social Work, 38(1), 7-16. Judd, R., &   Sheffield, S. (2010). Hospital Social Work: Contemporary Roles and   Proffesssional Activities. Social Work in Health Care, 49(9), 856-871. Mah, J., &   Johnstone, C. (2012). Cultural Variations in Mothers Acceptance of the Intent   to Use Behavioral Management Tecniques. Journal of Child and Family   Studies, 21(3),486-497. Marshall, J. M., .

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Primary Role of Medical Social
Workers
Medical social workers are involved in helping the
patient and their families in need of psychosocial help. They
also help the patient with essential services such as
psychotherapy, counselling and aiding the patient with any
assistance they need (Judd & Sheffield, 2010).This helps the
patient to recover, also they aid the patient assessing other
services such as insurance covers.it is good to note that, the
patient needs a lot of care, respect, dignity and a high level of
confidentiality to help them boost their self-esteem which helps
the patient to feel more comfortable to assess the health care
services. Some of the issues involved in patient care that if not
addressed can be disastrous include; complications, unnecessary
treatment, unexamined instruments, wrong prescriptions among
others. However, this problem can be minimized if the medical
social worker carries out his duties professionally (Craig &
Muskat, 2013).
To ensure effective patient care services, more is needed
to be done by the medical social worker. There is need to
employ a variety of skills when handling a patient. This include;
good listening skills, critical thinking, problem solving skills
among others. Patient s need a lot of attention and thus medical
social workers should take time to listen, ask questions where
appropriate and avoid raising his/her emotions (Marshall, et al.,
2011). Also, they need to ensure they employ good

2. communication skills by speaking with the patients in a friendly
and respectable manner. They need to use a language which is
convenient to both the patient and their family. On top of this,
there is need of the medical social worker to acquire more
knowledge and specialize in the area that they feel they are
comfortably work. This may include; specializing in areas such
as children care, aging care, addiction and mental care among
others (Mah & Johnstone, 2012).This will help the social
worker to perform his duties well in the area of their expertise.
This will drastically reduce instances where, patients are given
wrongful prescription, complications, unnecessary treatment
etc.
References
Craig, L., & Muskat, B. (2013). Bouncers,Broke, and Glue:The
Self Dercribed Role of a Social Worker in Urban Hospitals.
Heath Social Work, 38(1), 7-16.
Judd, R., & Sheffield, S. (2010). Hospital Social Work:
Contemporary Roles and Proffesssional Activities. Social
Work in Health Care, 49(9), 856-871.
Mah, J., & Johnstone, C. (2012). Cultural Variations in
Mothers Acceptance of the Intent to Use Behavioral
Management Tecniques. Journal of Child and Family Studies,
21(3),486-497.
Marshall, J. M., Ruth, J., Sisko, J., Betuke, C., Piper, T.,
Cohen, M., & Bachmann, S. (2011). Social Work Interest in
Prevection:A Context Analysis of the Proffessional Literature.
Social Work, 56(3),201-211.
Learning Resources to be used as references to support your
answer.
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please
click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the
Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings

3. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2012). Discharge
planning. Retrieved from http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-
Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-
MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Discharge-Planning-Booklet-
ICN908184.pdf
Beder, J. (2006). Hospital social work: The interface of
medicine and caring. New York, NY: Routledge.
· Chapter 2, “General Medical Social Work” (pp. 9–20)
Craig, S. L., & Muskat, B. (2013). Bouncers, brokers, and glue:
The self-described roles of social workers in urban hospitals.
Health Social Work, 38(1), 7–16.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds). (2012). Handbook of health
social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
· Chapter 2, “Social Work Roles and Health-Care Settings” (pp.
20–40)
Judd, R. G., & Sheffield, S. (2010). Hospital social work:
Contemporary roles and professional activities. Social Work in
Health Care, 49(9), 856–871.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Fox, M. T., Persaud, M., Maimets, I., Brooks, D., O‘Brien, K.,
& Tregunno, D. (2013). Effectiveness of early discharge
planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: A
systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 13, 70.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Marshall, J. W., Ruth, B. J., Sisco, S., Bethke, C., Piper, T. M.,
Cohen, M., & Bachman, S. (2011). Social work interest in
prevention: A content analysis of the professional literature.
Social Work, 56(3), 201–211.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
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Thank you for mentioning the medical social worker’s
involvement in discussions about health insurance. Gehlert and
Browne (2012), shares that no matter how affordable insurance
is or will become, insurance related issues will always exist for
social workers. Some may elect not to enroll in insurance,
others will not be eligible to enroll and those with insurance
may not understand their coverage (Gehlert & Browne, 2012).
A medical social worker will need a great grasp on types of
Medicare, Medicaid or state insurances and aspects of private
insurance when aiding a family with linkage and coordination of
care during discharge. Also, a medical social worker will need
to be prepared to have hard conversations with families about
the limitations of those insurance and how their savings or
property they own will affect their interest or application for
Medicaid or state insurance. I completed my internship with a

5. hospice agency. As an observer, it was enlightening to see the
knowledge the social worker possessed about varies insurance
and how the client’s current savings account or possessions
would be affected after death if they applied for Medicaid. The
use of counseling will be vital in the role of medical social
work during discussions about insurances to educate and guide
clients and families.
Reference
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds). (2012). Handbook of health
social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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Hello Sweatt,
Typical interventions include arranging specialist appointments,
getting insurance authorizations, scheduling outpatient
treatments such as dialysis, having patients evaluated by
extended care facilities, ordering equipment, arranging home
health services, and providing information on services available

6. for private pay such as caregivers, meal services or emergency
alert systems. Great Post, also Case management is a very
marketable skill.
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