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Errors: What we have is a failure to communicate
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Doctors faces charges for Oxycontin ’scripts
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Guest Column: Pharmaceutical marketing practices face new scrutiny
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Yes, worksite weight loss programs do work
If anyone questions whether your company's workplace weight loss programs are really getting workers to lose pounds, you have a ready answer in light of a new review of studies. -
Use this formula for productivity savings
Researchers calculated the productivity benefits for 890 employees enrolled in a telephone coaching obesity management program, using these assumptions based on previous research: -
Phone coaching saves $311,755 in health costs
Demonstrating a program's return on investment (ROI) is more important than ever. -
Initiative helps keep uninsured out of ED
Case managers at the University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice help low-income individuals enrolled in a county-supported health plan learn to navigate the health care system and access primary care services so they can stay out of the hospital and the emergency department. -
Follow-up care helps avoid readmissions
With the number of uninsured patients increasing rapidly, the case management and social work staff at North Broward Medical Center are faced with the challenge of making sure patients receive the follow-up they need to stay healthy and out of the hospital. -
Unit-based classes a time-saving teaching strategy
Do you work with a unit on education resources for a homogeneous patient population? Do you find that the bedside nurses on this unit struggle with time management because they are repeating the same patient instructions to almost every patient they care for? Is it possible for patients on this unit to leave their room and go to a centralized location for about 30 minutes or so?