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Diet counseling is a part of many employee wellness programs, but a recent review of 38 studies shows this counseling results in only modest improvements in risk factors such as high cholesterol and blood pressure.
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For the first time ever, case managers who took the Certified Case Management (CCM) examination in December could sign up online and take a computerized version of the test.
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Case managers at the University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice help low-income individuals enrolled in a county-supported health plan learn to navigate the health care system and access primary care services so they can stay out of the hospital and the emergency department.
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You may not have "knock-your-socks-off" data to show that you saved your company thousands of dollars in health care costs because of a wellness program or other initiative. But there are still ways you can demonstrate success and, possibly, save the program or your job in the process.
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Researchers calculated the productivity benefits for 890 employees enrolled in a telephone coaching obesity management program, using these assumptions based on previous research:
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Case managers made more money last year than ever before, but they also worked longer hours, according to the results of the 2008 Case Management Advisor Salary Survey.
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Leaders of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) joined with leaders of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes to reconsider the treatment strategy for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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The available results from three ezetimibe/simvastatin trials did not provide credible evidence of any adverse effects of ezetimibe on the rate of cancer association with ezetimibe administration at the present time.
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Colesevelam is a bile-sequestering agent approved in 2000 for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. It has recently been shown to be effective as add-on therapy for Type 2 diabetics.
