Case Management Advisor articles from July 2007

Case Management Advisor archives from July 2007

Managing pain takes a partnership between patient and case manager.
July 1, 2007... Managing pain takes a partnership between patient and case manager Treat pain like any other chronic condition An estimated 50 million Americans — some of them your patients — live with chronic pain caused by disease,...

Pain program includes cognitive, physical therapy.
July 1, 2007... Pain program includes cognitive, physical therapy Multidisciplinary approach includes classroom A multidisciplinary pain management program with a strong case management focus helps members of Kaiser Permanente with moderate to severe...

Back care program helps to keep pain under control.
July 1, 2007... Back care program helps to keep pain under control 94% of enrollees are 'very satisfied' After being enrolled in MVP Health Care's back care program for a year, the percentage of participants reporting that their back pain did not...

Study shows best practices do improve outcomes.
July 1, 2007... Study shows best practices do improve outcomes Randomized study shows where improvement needed One of the most challenging issues for quality managers is demonstrating that best QI practices can actually improve outcomes. Demonstrating...

Light duty gaining acceptance for workers.
July 1, 2007... Light duty gaining acceptance for workers Tailoring light duty to job, employee aids success When an employee at your facility reports back after an injury or illness with a physician's order for "light duty" in hand, is the...

Staph infection numbers moving in wrong direction.(Statistical data)
July 1, 2007... Staph infection numbers moving in wrong direction Increasing at 7% annually in hospitals The numbers are in and they aren't good. Data presented recently in Baltimore at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of...

AHRQ: Good news, bad news on gender discrepancies.
July 1, 2007... AHRQ: Good news, bad news on gender discrepancies Although there are signs of improvement in some conditions, differences in the quality of health care provided to men and women continue to persist, according to the latest News and Numbers...

CE objectives/questions.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... 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...