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In today's litigious society, it's important for case managers to understand the laws and regulations that affect their practice and to protect themselves against lawsuits and allegations of fraud and abuse.
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The number of child sexual abuse cases could be dramatically cut by educating adults on how to prevent it from happening, says Nancy Chandler, ACSW, executive director of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy in Atlanta.
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Lack of access to health care can keep people from learning how to self-manage a chronic disease and how to appropriately use medical care to achieve good health.
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By using state-of-the-art technology to ensure that members receive preventive care measures and rewarding staff, physicians, and members when the preventive services are rendered, Health Plan of Michigan has increased its membership dramatically and is ranked No. 10 among the Nation's Best Health Plans by U.S. News & World Report and NCQA.
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Two years after investigators from the Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic reported stunning data, suggesting that the use of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to fragment kidney stones significantly increases the risk of diabetes and hypertension later on in life, clinicians remain unconvinced that there is a direct cause- and-effect relationship.
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Chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) is a very prevalent side effect associated with chemotherapy and affects more than half of all patients with cancer. Patients with CIA endure additional extreme fatigue as well as a decrease in quality of life and worsened long-term outcomes.
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Some hospital pharmacists are finding that the best medication reconciliation process involves electronic data and access.
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The FDA has approved Entereg® (alvimopan) to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and older who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery. Alvimopan will be used in hospitalized patients who can receive no more than 15 doses.
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The key to any intervention to improve medication safety is to achieve the best safety outcomes while using staff time and hospital resources efficiently.
