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Support groups are a way of providing continuing education, according to health care professionals who facilitate groups with an educational format.
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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."
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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.
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Recognizing that patients who don't take medication for chronic conditions as prescribed are more likely to have poor control over their independence, Blue Cross has launched a program to coach people on medication adherence.
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It's a moment dreaded by every occupational health manager learning that an employee was seriously injured at work. It's also the "moment of truth" for how well the occupational health manager does his or her job.
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Getting employees to commit to hour-long workouts at the gym might be expecting the impossible in many cases. However, new research shows that short bouts of exercise also have significant benefits.
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Now is a good time to be a case manager, leaders in the field report. New opportunities are opening up for case managers as the country struggles with ways to provide optimal health care for everyone while minimizing soaring costs for care.
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Case managers went to nursing school to take care of people, something they find themselves doing less and less in most practice settings, Catherine Mullahy, RN, BS, CRRN, CCM, points out.
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If an employee is newly diagnosed with diabetes, he or she would likely be able to obtain a significant amount of resources for prevention, screening, and treatment of this condition. Would this also be true if that employee suffered from depression?
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Since employees with medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer often have co-morbid mental conditions, it makes sense to screen these workers for depression, says Nancy W. Spangler, MS, OTR/L, a consultant to the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health and president of Leawood, KS-based Spangler Associates Inc.
