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As employers grapple with rising health care costs, theyre starting to realize that the key to cutting costs is to keep their employees healthy, rather than waiting until theres an illness to manage, says Connie Commander, RN, CCM, ABDA, CPUR.
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Recognizing that employee groups are not all the same, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina offers customized health and wellness programs for its employer-group customers.
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Case managers come from a variety of professional backgrounds and practice in a number of specialized areas. They may work in hospitals, outpatient environments, insurance, third-party providers, or home health, or may specialize in nursing, behavioral health, social work, vocational rehabilitation, physical therapy, or occupational therapy.
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The first year that Health Alliance Plan (HAP) offered on-site wellness programs for employer groups, the Detroit-based health plan implemented programs at 20 companies.
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As performance improvement programs and the ability to track data and trends from outcomes-based quality improvement reports have become more sophisticated, home health agencies report improvements in all categories, except hospital readmission rates.
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Quality professionals and the organizations that evaluate them place a great emphasis today on standards core measures, evidence-based practices, and consistent processes. A dynamic seemingly at odds with this emphasis is the fact that patients are individuals, with unique needs and desires about their care.
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When considering purchasing items from on-line auctions, buyer beware, says Deb Ulmer, MSN, RN, nurse administrator at Lake Mary (FL) Surgery Center.
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Your front desk staff members have to be courteous, friendly, and patient, even when they are asked, How is my family member doing? for the 10th time in a two-hour period.
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One of the most frightening aspects of injuries caused by stray electrosurgical current is that almost 70% of these injuries are undetected during surgery and 25% of patients with undetected burns during surgery die, even after aggressive treatment once the injury is discovered.
