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Over the past 12 months, Ohio Medicaid has seen a 9% increase in enrollment, totaling 168,000 additional individuals on the program. Interestingly, though, 80% of that growth has been in the Healthy Families program, which covers parents, pregnant women, and children at low income levels.
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The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has issued a position statement on H1N1 pandemic influenza A that endorses and reiterates the key findings of an Institute of Medicine panel that recommended N95 respirators for health care workers. Key points stressed by AIHA include:
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At ProHealth Care in Waukesha, WI, community outreach is more than the hosting of an educational event from time to time.
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Last September, staff in the public education office at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston focused their educational outreach efforts on preventing prostate cancer.
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Education awareness events aren't just for community outreach at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The patient education office uses the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Observance Calendar to plan events for patients and staff in-house.
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The state of the economy is impacting every industry, and health care is not immune, say the patient education managers we interviewed about the results of the 2009 Patient Education Management Salary Survey.
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A combination of face-to-face and telephonic case management has resulted in high patient satisfaction ratings and a significant decrease in health care utilization for patients with complex medical needs.
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American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently published updated recommendations on the frequency of cervical cytology screening.