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Employees spread over a large geographic area, people who dont like sitting in one place for any length of time, patient visits that dont always follow a normal schedule, and a lengthy list of educational classes that staff members must take these are just a few of the challenges faced by home health managers as they address staff education.
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NHPCO to offer manager program; Hospital to pay $9.5M for Medicare billing issues; Two-page advance beneficiary notice gone; CMS describes HIPAA authorization form; Prescriptions blamed for dependencies.
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Graded activity can return a patient to full employment faster than usual care.
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Data supporting associations of subclinical thyroid disease with symptoms or adverse clinical outcomes or benefits of treatment are few.
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Kiefer D. Echinacea: An update on the popular cold cure. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):41-44.
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O'Mathuna DP. Melatonin for jet lag. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):44-47.
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Many therapeutic options now are available to prevent and treat osteoporosis, and consist of non-drug and drug or hormonal therapy. In just one decade, osteoporosis has been transformed from a disorder considered to be an inevitable and irreversible consequence of aging to a disorder in which there now is true therapeutic optimism. This article discusses the definition, epidemiology, and different causes of osteoporosis. Diagnostic studies, including bone densitometry, are reviewed as well as the various therapies.