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| 12.17.2010 |
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Every week, The Family Van, a mobile health clinic, travels Boston neighborhoods. Like other mobile health service providers, the Family Van has the opportunity to make an impact in more than one community precisely because of its mobile nature. Instead of...
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| 06.07.2010 |
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Routine, Structure and Environmental Considerations for Patients with Brain Injury Imagine your day without any structure, routine, balance or flow: your world would feel out of control. When you get out of sync with your routine (think about when your...
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| 12.15.2009 |
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Merging Physical and Behavioral Health It’s no secret that the future of health care delivery is somewhat uncertain. While few will disagree that reform is needed, how that will happen is still being debated. Regardless of what reforms are implemented...
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| 12.15.2009 |
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Ask the right questions, listen carefully, and empower clients to choose Last issue, I cited 10-time NBA championship coach Phil Jackson to illustrate how mediocre players sometimes turn out to be fantastic managers. At the peril of turning this into a sports...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Ethical and Cultural Considerations During the Final Days Comprehensive case management continuously addresses the complexities of illness and the promotion of optimum outcomes in disease.As a result of this focus,case managers often deal with either...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Are you a positive person? If you answered “yes,” then you are in the majority. But are you sure? Although most people would identify themselves as being “happy” or “positive,” studies have repeatedly shown a strong...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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THE ELEMENTS OF PAIN, THE THREAT OF ADDICTION Pain is the body’s way of alerting you that there is some underlying dysfunction, be it injury or illness, that needs to be corrected.There are different types of pain — chronic and acute — and a...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Those who provide care are often at need themselves Caregiver burden is a growing public health concern. Recent estimates reveal that more than 52 million caregivers are providing long-term care in the home setting. These numbers are expected to rise further...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Case management and behavioral health In 2007 the HIP Health Plan of New York restructured its case management program for clients at highest risk of re-hospitalization for psychiatric conditions to capitalize on previ- ous lessons learned and advances in the...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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As the housing market wallows in a large-scale downdraft and prices at the grocery store and the gas pump hover in uncharted territory, these are not times that breed a lot of confidence. The unsteadiness of today’s economy is pinching more than...
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