Case Management Advisor – November 1, 2010
November 1, 2010
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Employers offer wellness, prevention to improve employee health
As emphasis increases on wellness and prevention, more and more employers are looking for ways to help their employees stay healthy, and health plans are following suit by offering a wide range of health and wellness programs in the workplace. -
Health plans moving employees to low-risk
Health care insurance companies want their members to be healthy, and what better place to start than with their own employees? -
Medication reconciliation pilot pays dividends
Following a successful pilot project that included interventions by an RN case manager, Capital BlueCross is exploring ways to roll out its medication reconciliation initiative throughout the health plan. -
When should injured worker return to duty?
It's one of the toughest spots for an occupational health professional to be in. You know an injured worker needs more time to recover, but you're getting pressured from higher-ups to get that person back ASAP. What do you do? -
Novel ways to improve worker wellness input
The more employees who participate in occupational health programs, the better the results you'll get. Though this is often an uphill battle, finding creative ways to get employee feedback can help you win it. -
Try adult literacy groups to learn skills
Partnerships between health care systems and literacy groups would be a good way to improve communication between patients with low-health literacy and health care providers, says Jeff Burkhart, MS, executive director of the Literacy Network of Dane County, a nonprofit organization in Madison, WI. -
Ways to effectively educate all patients
In the treatment chapter of "Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals," issued by The Joint Commission, hospitals are told that patient education materials should be written at a 5th grade or lower reading level. -
Depression increases risk of dementia
People who experience depression have more than a 50% increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease later in life, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.