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A resource library for patient education should contain DVDs to help visual learners understand information, according to Taryn J. Bailey, MSN, RN-BC, executive director of Professional Practice and Patient Education Services at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, MA.
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When a health plan, a physician network, and a hospital teamed up to reverse the trend of Medicare hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge, readmissions dropped by 30% or more over an eight-month period when compared to the readmission rate in the same hospital the previous year.
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If employees don't trust you, they probably won't listen to your advice, agree to take a health risk assessment, or participate in your wellness programs.
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Does a diabetic employee attend a lunch and learn but continue to eat an unhealthy diet? Or does an obese worker lose weight and keep it off, avoiding years of costly chronic health problems?
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You may have sent an injured employee to a specialist early on, so that he avoided additional days away from work. Or maybe you arranged for an employee on short-term disability to work remotely so she could still be productive, resulting in a two-week savings under short-term disability benefits.
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Occupational health nurses tend to be "cheerleaders" for employees with chronic conditions such as diabetes or asthma, says Judy A. Garrett, health services manager at Syngenta Crop Protection in Greensboro, NC, but the same enthusiasm should be directed to healthy workers.
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Are you hoping a particular employee will participate in a certain wellness program? "Identify their needs, then tailor everything in the program to meet their needs," advises Tracey L. Yap, RN, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati (OH)'s College of Nursing.
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Healthy People 2020, the nation's blueprint for a healthier populace, includes several occupational health goals but with very low expectations for progress.
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When emergency responders transport an incoming patient who is later found to have a potentially life-threatening disease, they need to receive prompt notification from the hospital about the exposure risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has proposed a list of the diseases for which hospitals must notify the emergency medical services.
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When a diabetic employee at Pitney Bowes fills a prescription for a cholesterol-lowering statin, it will cost about $300 less annually than it did previously. This is because copayments were eliminated in 2007 for statins for all employees or beneficiaries with diabetes or vascular disease.
