Case Management Advisor articles from December 2008

Case Management Advisor archives from December 2008

Case management assistants free up case managers for clinical tasks.
December 1, 2008... Case management assistants free up case managers for clinical tasks Teamwork is the key to program's success At Hudson Health Plan in Tarrytown, NY, case management assistants who handle non-clinical tasks that don't have to be done by...

Program gets ill, injured patients back to work.
December 1, 2008... Program gets ill, injured patients back to work Proactive approach helps health plan exceed The award-winning medical and disability case management program developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has shown a significant...

Coordination of care helps patients manage disease.
December 1, 2008... Coordination of care helps patients manage disease Chronic care model links providers, community The only way to help people with chronic illnesses manage their disease is to develop a care management protocol that extends through the...

Make written material easy to read, understandable.
December 1, 2008... Make written material easy to read, understandable Plain language documents suitable for 80% What makes educational material a must-read? The key is to make documents easy to read and understand, says Doug Seubert, guideline editor in...

Field testing, a must-do for on-target handouts.
December 1, 2008... Field testing, a must-do for on-target handouts Find out what audience wants to learn To write clear, understandable material for patients, patient educators must involve the target population in the process. It's important to find...

Get office workers up and moving.
December 1, 2008... Get office workers up and moving Instead of "economy class syndrome," should deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be called "sitting at a desk all day syndrome?" According to new research, prolonged sitting at work is linked to double the risk of...

How big is the DVT risk, really?
December 1, 2008... How big is the DVT risk, really? Although a new study says that sedentary workers double their risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), it's difficult to gauge the true risk of DVT, according to Monika Fischer, MN, RN, APRN BC, CCM, COHN-S,...

Tips for reducing employee stress.
December 1, 2008... Tips for reducing employee stress Employees rank time pressures, deadlines, office politics, and their bosses as the top stress-inducing factors at work, according to a new workplace wellness survey conducted by Eclipse gum and the...

CE objectives/questions.
December 1, 2008... CE objectives After reading this issue, continuing education participants will be able to: *Identify clinical, legal, legislative, regulatory, financial, and social issues relevant to case management. *Explain how those issues...