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At Eden Prairie, MN-based Cigna, claims data have revealed a clear link between mental and physical health of employees.
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This is part two of a two-part series on behavioral health issues. This month, we report on a growing trend of integrating behavioral health and medical care. In a related story, we cover the use of claims data to do outreach with workers at high risk for behavioral health problems. Last month, we reported on research linking depression and productivity
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Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has taken the unusual step of directly appealing to health care workers to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza.
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To prepare for an influenza pandemic, you've counted your ventilators and calculated your patient surge, sought options to add bed space, and assessed the capacity of the emergency department. But have you estimated how many of your employees will show up for work?
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Workers' compensation fee schedules do not properly recognize and reimburse physicians who restore injured workers to optimal function and promote rapid return to work, says a new position statement from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
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In this issue: FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.
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Previous work demonstrates that selective gut decontamination decreases the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), but the practice has been limited by concerns about promoting antibiotic resistance.
