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Conn's Current Therapy 2012
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2012
Physician's Desk Reference 2012
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 Improving Workers Compensation Medical Care: A National Challenge Allard E. Dembe, Sc.D | Sharon E. Fox, Ph.D | Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., M.P.H. $75.00 Product Code: 23083
Containing a diversity of perspectives and approaches from leading authorities in the field, this essential volume provides an indispensable knowledge base for Workers' Compensation health system administrators, occupational medical care professionals, policymakers, regulators, state agency officials, labor organizations and worker groups, employer groups, and others concerned with the quality of injured workers' medical care. You will find here credible and objective information, including the latest research and analysis of the issues plus successful approaches to securing timely and appropriate medical services to workers with job-related injuries and illnesses. Topics Covered Include • Defining and measuring the quality of WC medical care • The impact of managed care • Current problems in accessing timely and appropriate care • Why high-quality care is just as important as cost containment • Existing research and areas where research is needed • Community-based collaborations for improving care • Integrating WC and general medical care into a '24-hour' plan • National performance measures for WC medical care • Design and implementation of injured worker surveys • Major new initiatives launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Table of Contents I. Opportunities for Improving Medical Care for Injured Workers 1. Improving Workers' Compensation Health Care 2. The Accessibility, Costs, and Quality of Workers' CompensationMedical Care 3. The Advent of Occupational Health Services Research 4. Health Services Research in Workers' Compensation Medical Care: Policy Issues and Research Opportunities 5. The RWJF Workers' Compensation Health Initiative: Findings and Strategies 6. The Workers' Compensation Health Initiative: At the Convergence of Work and Health II. Defining and Measuring Quality of Medical Care 7. Measuring and Improving the Quality of Workers' Compensation Medical Care 8. Performance Measures in Workers' Compensation Managed Care Organizations 9. What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes after Work Injury III. Managed Health Care in Workers' Compensation 10. Evaluating the Impact of Managed Health Care in Workers' Compensation 11. Evaluation of the North Country on the Job Network: A Model of Facilitated Care for Injured Workers in Rural Upstate New York 12. Two-Year Health and Employment Outcomes among Injured Workers Enrolled in the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project 13. Evaluation of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project I: Medical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction 14. Evidence-Based Design: The ACOEM Practice Guidelines Dissemination Project 15. Case Management Services for Work Related Upper Extremity Disorders: Integrating Workplace Accommodation and Problem Solving IV. Overcoming Barriers to Obtaining High-Quality Care 16. Access to Medical Care for Occupational Disorders: Difficulties and Disparities 17. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Workers' Compensation among an Occupational Clinic Population in New York State 18. Contract Provisions to Ensure Quality in Workers' Compensation Managed Care Arrangements 19. Social Inequalities in Occupational Health and Health Care for Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses 20. The Minnesota Health Partnership 21. Preserving Workers' Compensation Benefits in a Managed Health Care Environment 22. The Role of Prevention in Workers' Compensation Managed Care Arrangements About the Authors Allard E. Dembe, Sc.D. is Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Health Services Management & Policy, and Director, Center for Health Outcomes, Evaluation & Policy Studies, The Ohio State University of Public Health. Sharon Fox, Ph. D. is currently the Executive Director of the Wausau Health Foundation, a public non-profit organization in Wausau, Wisconsin. Previously, she served as co-deputy director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers' Compensation Health Initiative and is an affiliated research scientist at the University of Massachusetts Center for Health Policy and Research. Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., M.P.H. is Assistant Chancellor for Health Policy at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and is Director of the UMass Center for Health Policy and Research. He has served as National Program Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Workers' Compensation Health Initiative since its inception in 1995. |
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Study Aides:
MRO Certification:
Medical Review Officer's Manual
Medical Review Officer Team Manual
MRO Re-Certification:
Medical Review Officer Team Manual
COHN:
Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury
Core Curriculum for Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Occupational Health Nursing Guidelines for Primary Clinical Conditions
Casarett & Doull's Toxicology
COHN-S:
All COHN books plus
Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs
Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine
Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Study Guide to Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Occupational Medicine
Occupational & Environmental Medicine Self Assessment and Review
Proctor & Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace
Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs
Clinical Environmental Health and Toxic Exposures
Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace
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