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There are two critical times when patients newly diagnosed with depression are likely to stop taking their medicine the early weeks of treatment and after three months when they start to feel better, says Laura Schneider, LSCW, CEAP, manager of assistance programs and the Taking Charge of Depression Program for PacifiCare Behavioral Health.
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When a member of Worcester, MA-based Fallon Community Health Plan is newly diagnosed with HIV-AIDS, the first person he or she is likely to see is Rita Wesolowski, RN, BSN, ACRN, the HIV-AIDS on-site care manager.
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When the case managers at HealthPartners work with patients who are at risk for clinical complications, they focus on helping their clients meet personal goals, not those of the health care organization.
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Although health care organizations are using innovative strategies to recruit and retain nurses and federal, state, and local government agencies are providing financial support to help alleviate shortages, the national nursing shortage will continue to be one of the greatest challenges to the health care industry for many years, according to a report issued by Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency based in New York City.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a 3.3% increase in Medicare payment rates to home health agencies for fiscal year 2004.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published two proposed rules in the Federal Register to enhance worker protections from respiratory hazards on the job.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance advising states that hospital workers and others caring for patients infected with the monkeypox virus and close contacts of people or animals confirmed to have the virus should receive a smallpox vaccination to protect against the possibility of contracting the illness.
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Most of us have been there dealing with the patient who refuses to comply with our treatment plan, who is uncooperative and generally unpleasant.
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As an adjunct to its disease management programs, ConnectiCare, a regional HMO based in Farmington, CT, has launched a pharmacy quality improvement program to promote the use of medications that are nationally acceptable treatment standards and to identify and prevent potential drug safety adverse events.
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Nurses in HealthPartners' outpatient case management program go through extensive training to help them assess a patient's readiness to change.