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The first year that Health Alliance Plan (HAP) offered on-site wellness programs for employer groups, the Detroit-based health plan implemented programs at 20 companies.
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When it comes to quality improvement, it seems that the best keep getting better, based on the findings of the latest Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study from Golden, CO-based HealthGrades Inc.
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When the state of New Jersey mandated that health plans establish a case management program for their publicly insured members with HIV-AIDS, Horizon-NJ health plan went a step further and put a nurse who is experienced in HIV case management in the position.
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If youre managing the care of a patient who has a comorbidity of HIV or AIDS, keep in mind that the patient is likely to have issues that other patients with the same condition do not.
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In creating the public policy platform that will guide its efforts through 2006, the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) includes priorities that reflect the changing role of occupational and environmental health nurses and the changing world in which they work.
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People who choose home health care as their profession are caring, people-oriented professionals, but home health managers should not assume that being caring and friendly always results in the best customer service, say experts.
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Anyone who works in retail knows that customer satisfaction is the key to repeat business, leading to a more successful financial future.
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An intensive one-on-one case management program helps people with AIDS stay adherent to their medication regime, avoid hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and learn to self-manage their disease.
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Occupational health professionals are constantly looking for ways to improve return to work (RTW) for injured or ill employees, but there has been little in the way of research into what makes disability leave, RTW, and stay at work (SAW) plans work or fail.
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In the first six months of Keystone Mercy Health Plans Healthy Hoops program, which combines basketball and asthma management, the percentage of children in the program with an emergency department visit for asthma fell 26%, the percentage of children with a hospital admission decreased by 8%, and nighttime awakenings decreased by 70% among program participants.