The first time I heard of the term Double V, was while reading the book, Hidden Numbers, the story of the black female mathematicians that worked for NACA (later NASA) during WWII - helping to design safe airplanes for the war effort. The Double V referred to a [...]
Here is a link to Part 2 of an article written for SEAK. http://workerscompensationconference.com/pain-relief-tylenol-vs-opiod/
I have been doing some research for an upcoming presentation and for a research paper for an organization I recently joined. Everything I have been reading lately points to concerns that decreased opioid prescribing will lead to an increase in heroin abuse. I have shared this information in numerous talks [...]
SEAK asked me to post an update to my talk I gave on cost drivers last year at their National Occupational Conference. Here is a link to that update: http://workerscompensationconference.com/workers-compensation-cost-driver-opioids/
I have been in the occupational health/case management field for over 30 years. When I first started, carpal tunnel surgery required hospitalization at least overnight and if you wanted to send information quickly you used one of those new-fangled facsimile machines (but only if you got permission to send it [...]
California doctor convicted in over dose deaths of 3 of her patients This is the first conviction of this type.
Did you know a nurse was one of the reasons America joined WW1? Happy Nurse Case Management Week! Here is a little known story about the nursing profession. Edith Cavell was born in 1865 and was a pioneer in nursing. She trained under Florence Nightingale and one of her [...]
When are full onsite case management referrals effective? Currently we at CompAlliance are seeing a trend towards more Task Assignments for episodic case management intervention in workers’ compensation cases. In our post yesterday we discussed when we believe a Task Assignment can be effective. Today we are going to review [...]
Task assignments can be a cost-effective method of obtaining information or file movement when a workers’ compensation case only requires limited activity or a “snapshot” of information. Typically these assignments request attendance at one physician appointment to obtain information that has been difficult to obtain, one visit to a [...]
A Prescription for Disaster – A Need to Educate the Injured Worker We have all been prescribed a controlled prescription drug after a dental procedure, or when we sustain some type of injury. We get the prescription filled, use a few of the pills and then store the remainder of [...]
PDMP & Evidence Based Guidelines – Designing Opioid Protocols for Case Management What is a PDMP? Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs collect, monitor, and analyze electronically transmitted prescribing and dispensing data submitted by pharmacies and dispensing practitioners. The data is used to support states’ efforts in education, research, enforcement and abuse [...]
