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Diet counseling is a part of many employee wellness programs, but a recent review of 38 studies shows this counseling results in only modest improvements in risk factors such as high cholesterol and blood pressure.
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For the first time ever, case managers who took the Certified Case Management (CCM) examination in December could sign up online and take a computerized version of the test.
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Case managers at the University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice help low-income individuals enrolled in a county-supported health plan learn to navigate the health care system and access primary care services so they can stay out of the hospital and the emergency department.
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You may not have "knock-your-socks-off" data to show that you saved your company thousands of dollars in health care costs because of a wellness program or other initiative. But there are still ways you can demonstrate success and, possibly, save the program or your job in the process.
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Researchers calculated the productivity benefits for 890 employees enrolled in a telephone coaching obesity management program, using these assumptions based on previous research:
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Case managers made more money last year than ever before, but they also worked longer hours, according to the results of the 2008 Case Management Advisor Salary Survey.
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It is human nature to take shortcuts or ignore the burdensome steps sometimes involved in doing a task the right way, and when there is no negative consequence, the deviation can be reinforced.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) in Washington, DC, is urging the health care community to adopt a standardized color scheme for patient wristbands in order to avoid dangerous confusion about what the wristbands mean from one facility to another.
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Responding to concerns that some health care providers would not have enough time to comply, the Federal Trade Commission is moving the deadline for its so-called Red Flags Rule to May 1, 2009, six months later than originally planned.
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News: A middle-aged man was suffering from a fever, facial swelling and redness, and nasal congestion. After consulting with his regular family doctor and two other doctors, the man was diagnosed with viral influenza and a mild drug reaction. When the man's symptoms persisted and his eyes began bleeding, however, the family doctor finally realized that his patient was suffering from an eye infection.
