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Over 22,000 of Santa Clara, CA-based Intel's employees have participated in its "Health for Life 3-Step Wellness Check" program at least once in the last two years. How did the company get such great participation?
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Thousands of dollars are invested in a new diabetes program, but participation rates are dismal and you don't know why. How do you turn this all-too-common situation around?
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Imagine your workers' compensation claims going from 543 a year to about a dozen companywide, with incurred medical costs plummeting from $3.5 million to $300,000 and claims costs going from $4.04 for each $100 of payroll to only $1.27.
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Increasingly, health plans and provider organizations are taking steps to understand the beliefs and values in the populations they serve and help gear their treatment plan to accommodate them.
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In an increasingly diverse society, case managers must be aware of the cultural beliefs and practices of the people they serve in order to effectively coordinate their care and help patients or clients adhere to their treatment plan, says Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, BS, CRRN, CCM, president and founder of Mullahy & Associates, a case management training and consulting company.
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All that hard work educating lawmakers, providers, and the public about the value of case management is paying off. This year, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has been invited to give input into the health care reform bills under consideration by Congress, the new president of CMSA, Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, says.
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For some patients Sally Neff, RN, BSN, sees, something as simple as calling their physician for an appointment presents challenges they can't overcome.
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If your patients aren't following their treatment plan, it may not be that they are non-adherent. It could be that they simply do not understand what they are expected to do.
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Obese workers with type 2 diabetes report less productivity on the job than their normal-weight co-workers, according to a new study of 7,338 working adults.
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Co-workers "are the most influential source for building health and wellness knowledge and changing perceptions," according to Patti Clavier, BSN, RN, COHN-S, senior project manager of Santa Clara, CA-based Intel Corp.'s Global Health for Life Wellness Program.