Case Management Advisor – November 1, 2009
November 1, 2009
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Guided Care Nurses help chronically ill patients manage their health care
Older patients who are at high risk for health care utilization are staying healthier and out of the hospital thanks to a new primary care enhancement program called "Guided Care." -
Remote monitoring cuts costs for chronically ill
Following the success of a program that provides remote monitoring of chronically ill patients in poverty-stricken rural areas, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Ahoskie, NC, is replicating the program at six other community health centers in North Carolina. -
Ready to save a worker's life in of these situations?
Amputation, anaphylactic shock, asthmatic reaction, cardiac arrest, convulsion, seizure, diabetic emergency, head injury, heat stroke, and pneumothorax. -
If necessary, could you restart a worker's heart?
A long-term machine operator employee in his 60s was working in the pocketed coil department at an Atlanta, GA-based Simmons Bedding Co. factory, when he suffered a sudden massive heart attack. -
These actual interventions saved lives of employees
In an organization as large as Detroit, MI-based General Motors Corp., medical emergencies "are encountered with some regularity," according to Joel R. Bender, MD, PhD, MSPH, FACOEM, corporate medical director. -
Make the case to pay workers for better health
Despite the recession, incentives paid to employees for participation in health and wellness programs show no signs of slowing down. -
Using support groups in the continuum of patient
Support groups are a way of providing continuing education, according to health care professionals who facilitate groups with an educational format.