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12.17.2010		Healthy Beginnings for a Mother and Child During the past decade, there has been significant advancement in our understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of several maternal and obstetric conditions collectively wrapped up and leading to the term “high-risk...

12.17.2010		Supercharged Cost Drivers Medical costs as a percentage of total claims are on the rise. Such costs rose from 46 percent in 1987 to 59 percent in 2007, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Two of the top cost drivers are obesity (and associated co-morbidities)...

12.17.2010		An Asthma Management Plan in Action Asthma is the most common pediatric chronic illness, affecting more than 4 million children per year. Yet with a proper education and medication regimen, asthma can be controlled to improve the quality of life for those children affected. While the mortality...

10.14.2010		Crafting a Successful Work-Injury Plan A Firsthand Look at the Importance of Disability Management in the Workplace The mission is clear: get medically restricted people back to work. As a vocational rehabilitation counselor, I believe in this purpose because, without it, the American people and...

10.14.2010		Multiple Medication Dilemmas Strategies for lowering the risks of polypharmacy Polypharmacy is a common problem encountered by clinicians caring for the elderly. It is encountered in all care settings, ranging from outpatient to long-term care, where it is particularly linked with falls...

10.14.2010		Demonstrating the Value of Case Management in the Medical Home Rising healthcare costs, increasing numbers of uninsured and uncertain quality are triggering renewed debate about the organization and delivery of healthcare in the U.S. Many have noted that Americans are not getting sufficient value for the $2 trillion...

10.14.2010		Intensive Case Management Soothes Mental Health The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) programs are evidence-based, intensive clinical case management programs that provide community-based support services to Veterans who have serious mental illnesses...

09.01.2010		Preventing Disability: The Science of Stay-at-Work Specialists In today’s economy, many employers are doing more with less and struggling to stay competitive. That includes more actively managing their rising medical costs and focusing on the health and productivity of their workforce. At the same time, employees...

09.01.2010		The Overlooked Brain Disease The term hydrocephalus comes from the Greek words “hydro” meaning water and “cephalus” meaning head, leading the condition to be referred to by laypersons as “water on the brain.” However, the primary characteristic of...

09.01.2010		Managing Multiple Sclerosis Since the mid-1990s, Clay Walker has achieved an incredible amount of success as a country music artist. His songs have run to the top of the Billboard charts on six separate occasions. In all, he’s sung and songcrafted his way onto the Billboard...

09.01.2010		Heart Failure Core Measures, Readmissions and Transition of Care Planning Does this sound familiar? Mr. Garza has been admitted four times in the last six months for heart failure (HF) exacerbation. He struggles with medication adherence, meal choices and transportation for outpatient (OP) care. As a case manager, I see many...

06.07.2010		A Case Management Journey Through Liver Transplantation Case managers are an important key to help ensure successful outcomes for liver transplant patients. As advocates, case managers are able to help these patients by compassionately and effectively working through the many complexities of a complicated...

06.07.2010		The Continuum of Hospice and Palliative Care Each day thousands of people across the country receive beneficial care and support from hospice and palliative care providers in hospitals, senior living communities, assisted living facilities, nursing facilities, hospice residences or at home. Yet most...

06.07.2010		Allow Natural Death Could These Three Words Change the Way We Provide End of Life Care? As most case managers on the frontline already know, hospitals have become environments where medical intervention is meted out to debilitated patients approaching the end of life. The...

06.07.2010		Piecing the Patient Together Holistic Strategies to Return a Patient to Work Motivating, educating and facilitating bomb-blast injured service members to return back to combat or to work is a constant challenge in light of their new mental, physical and spiritual state. As members of a...

06.07.2010		American Beauty: Redefining Body Image Model Whitney Thompson Redefines a Healthy Body Image When Whitney Thompson is out for a walk—in one of the many cities where the supermodel travels—it is not unusual for a stranger to approach her and blurt out her name like they were old...

06.07.2010		Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder In a world where looks and image are everything, imagine feeling too ugly to even step out the front door. So ugly that you want to take your life. For victims suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), it’s a daily reality. Often, BDD sufferers...

04.14.2010		Assessing Suicide Risk The Role of Case Managers Bill called our call center at New Directions Behavioral Health Care stating that he had been sitting in his car thinking of gassing himself within the last hour. He had only stopped to make this call. After speaking with the...

04.14.2010		Novel Therapies Target Chronic and Acute Pain Analyzing Electrotherapeutic Options for Managing and Controlling Pain Exploring viable alternatives to opiates, barbiturates and NSAIDs in managing acute and chronic pain has become a national priority. Concern about managing pain is highlighted by the...

04.14.2010		Fibromyalgia: Fact or Fiction in Compensable Injury Cases And How to Bring These Difficult Cases to Closure If a physician were to tell you that you have a medical condition that requires treatment, as a health care professional you would be savvy enough to ask for a diagnosis. You would ask how the diagnosis was...

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