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If your employer does not already have a comprehensive workplace safety program in place, one may soon be required.
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As an employee, wouldn't you like the chance to anonymously report what you really think of occupational health programs? This is one way Sandra Cinque, RN, BA, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN, nurse clinical coordinator for health, safety & performance services at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare in Parsippany, NJ, promotes participation in the company's Health Risk Questionnaires (HRQs).
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You may go to great lengths to achieve good participation in Health Risk Assessments (HRAs), but the data is of no good to you unless you use it.
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Social media is opening up new avenues for delivering health and safety information. Employee health professionals can download training videos from YouTube, track occupational health news or research on a blog or Twitter, and even communicate with their own employees through social networking sites.
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It may seem like a "no-brainer" to you, but it's not always enough to simply ask workers to make changes for better health. You may need to offer other incentives to get them to take action, says Margie Weiss, PhD, CEO and community health advocate at the Weiss Health Group, a Neenah, WI-based consulting company that works with companies and communities on health and wellness.
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You may be pressured to return an injured employee to work as soon as possible by management, human resources, or supervisors. However, returning someone to work too soon can put the employee, the company, and yourself at risk, warns Mary D.C. Garison, RN, COHN-S, CCM, COHC, FAAOHN, an Angleton, TX-based occupational health nurse.
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Hip fractures are among the most debilitating and expensive diagnoses to treat, but hospitals can significantly improve outcomes and lower costs if they move hip-fracture patients into surgery quickly, explains Anthony Balsamo, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and head of the Geriatric Fracture Care Program (GFCP) at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) begins its Medicare Shared Savings Program for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) providing care for fee-for service Medicare patients in January, 2012, it's likely to mean new opportunities for case managers, says Bruce Merlin Fried, JD, senior member of SNR Denton's Health Care group and former director of the Center for Health Plans and Providers at CMS.
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As part of a program targeting at-risk Medicaid fee-for service members, case managers at Hudson Health Plan are using a software tool that helps them focus in on the needs of their clients they should address first.
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Technology can make a huge difference in the practice of case management, but you should choose carefully and deliberately to avoid pitfalls in the future, cautions Marcia Diane Ward, RN, CCM, PMP, a case management consultant based in Columbus, Ohio.
