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The older I get, the more sentimental I become. I look at my own children and wonder if they will value my life-defining stories, or whether theyll simply suffer through them, as I have done with some of my parents own stories.
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A U.S. congressman caused a stir in public health and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention circles in December by accusing federal health officials of failing to comply with federal law and asking them to testify at a special hearing.
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With a significant percentage of the U.S. population deemed overweight, surgical treatments for obesity have become much more widespread.
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AIDS Alert asked Greg Millett, MPH, a behavioral scientist in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta to discuss the phenomenon and impact on the HIV epidemic of the population of men who have sex with men (MSM) who also have sex with women.
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In a complex and often confusing health care arena, case managers are an important resource for patients who need access to the right care at the right time. As they provide services for catastrophically ill or injured individuals or those with chronic illnesses, including elderly patients, case managers may be working more frequently with another group of specialty practitioners: life care planners.
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As she takes office as the 14th president of the Case Management Society of America, Sherry Aliotta, RN, BSN, CCM, is determined to make sure case managers no longer are the best kept secret in health care.
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At Integrated Home Care, nurse case managers provide hands-on care as well as handling the traditional case management duties, such as evaluating patients, developing a customized plan of care, coordinating with other members of the health care team, and arranging services such as social work or dietitian services.
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At Humana Inc., specially trained registered nurses called Personal Nurses fill the gap between the companys traditional case management and disease management programs. The nurses, who work from home-based offices, call members identified by a predictive model as likely to need health care interventions in the future, says Trish Whitt, RN, director of clinical product management for the Louisville, KY-based health benefits company.
