Case Management Advisor – October 1, 2009
October 1, 2009
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Health plan, physicians collaborate to improve patient care
A unique partnership between a health plan and a physician practice is helping patients with diabetes get the care and resources they need to manage their disease. -
CMS through the continuum help keep patients healthy
A comprehensive case management program at Desert Oasis Healthcare that provides care coordination for patients throughout the continuum keeps patients healthier and out of the hospital. And it's cost effective. -
Use Case Management Week to educate
National Case Management Week, Oct. 11-17, is the perfect opportunity for case managers in all settings to educate their co-workers, the public, and politicians about the value of case management. But don't stop there. -
Diabetes requires patients practice what they learn
"We don't say it is always easy to manage diabetes, but we do say that diabetes is a manageable disease," says Janis McWilliams, RN, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM, an advance practice diabetes specialist at the University of Pittsburgh (PA) Diabetes Institute. -
Addressing barriers to good self-management
Many factors keep people from putting into practice what they have learned about diabetes. One frequent factor is that people do not make diabetes management a priority, says Teresa Benge, RN, CDE, CPT, a diabetes educator at Fairview Diabetes Care in Wyoming, MN. -
ID domestic violence, create a place of safety
If you had to name something that costs American businesses an estimated $4.1 billion a year in direct medical and mental health care services, would you think of intimate partner violence? -
Screening may provide only modest benefits
New research suggests that universal intimate partner violence (IPV) screening in health care settings does not result in significant changes in subsequent reports of IPV or quality of life, according to a study in the Aug. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.