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Often considered a bellwether state in health policy, California is demonstrating the extent of the problem of lack of health insurance, but it also will be seeing how one possible solution could work.
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One of the possible solutions to the nations problem with lack of health insurance coverage for all is a pay-or-play program that puts the burden on employers to provide employees with health insurance or pay for insurance provided by the state. California will be implementing such a program as created in Senate Bill 2, which passed the legislature Sept. 12 and was signed by former Gov. Gray Davis Oct. 5, about six weeks before he left office.
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Twelve to 40 million uninsured Americans could receive health care coverage at an increase to total national health spending of 1.5% to 3.7%, or $23 billion to $57 billion a year, according to new analysis from the Lewin Group.
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As new information technologies continue to make person-to-person communications easier and more varied, they also are transforming the way that health care can be provided. Last month, the American Medical Associations Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs in Chicago published two reports offering guidance on the appropriate use of e-mail and health-related on-line sites.
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In an action that may have national repercussions, voters in Washington state have rescinded the only preventive ergonomics rule in the country.
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Recreation therapist Patricia Fitzgerald has a new job description that includes battling ladybugs, spreading mulch, and digging in the dirt. Shes learning about ornamental grasses and rose bushes and perennial flowers; shes dealing with irrigation systems and waterfalls and streams. And shes doing it all on a Chicago rooftop.
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Ergonomics is more than a way to lift patients. As Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital found, it can lift morale and employee satisfaction as well.
The challenge is to overcome negative perceptions and convince staff that hospital administration is serious about reducing injuries, says Karen Bosley, RN, manager of the employee health service of the western Pennsylvania hospital.
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The RWJ University Hospital Foundation Inc. has improved the efficiency of its fundraising operations by switching to new software that allows more effective management of its donor database.
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You, and everyone else you know in rehab, surely are familiar with the interdisciplinary model for health care. Everybodys doing it. But have you heard of the transdisciplinary approach?
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Getting patients to start exercising and keep going is one of the biggest hurdles in rehab. Most patients probably know they would be better off taking walks and eating vegetables, but lying on the couch and eating chocolate may be much more enticing. Changing that mindset can certainly be a challenge. But what if your patients have a disability that not only affects their bodies but also their minds?
