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How to get your clients to do their exercises
Heidi Dawson Sports & FitnessThere is probably nothing more frustrating to a physical therapist than a client who doesn't do the rehabilitation exercises you've prescribed them. We all know that those clients who stick to the rehab at home make the fastest and most complete recovery. But how do we relay that to our clients in a way that isn't patronizing but educates and motivates them to knuckle down and do the work?
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Why doesn’t Medicare cover dentistry?
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental HealthcareMedicare is often touted as the gold standard of healthcare for aging Americans. And in many ways, it is. The massive government program certainly allows seniors to receive care they might not otherwise be able to afford. Many Medicare recipients are on fixed incomes and no longer have employer-covered insurance options to carry them through their retirement years.
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Help your employees deal with grief
Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIt's a common scenario, unfortunately. One of the best members of your team suffers the loss of a spouse, parent, sibling or child. Corporations, of course, allow for some bereavement time, but experts say the process of working through the initial stages of grief can last on average between six months and a year, and in some cases even longer.
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Liver transplants: From ‘macabre’ experiment to life-saving…
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareEarly liver transplantation was such a terrible failure that anesthesiologists in England refused to participate in clinical trials, calling the surgery "macabre and unethical." Today, the liver is the second-most commonly transplanted organ.
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The role of fitness and brain fiber in dementia
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareAn estimated 2 million people in the United States suffer from severe dementia, and 5 to 8 percent of people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia. Globally, the number of people living with dementia is expected to increase from 50 million in 2017 to 152 million by 2050, a 204 percent increase.
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Politics and nursing: Strange bedfellows?
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWe live in a highly politicized time in the American national conversation, and nursing and healthcare are not immune from this phenomenon. At times it seems that everything is political in nature — and perhaps most things are in the 21st century.
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4 ways to help your patients trust treatment by a resident
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcarePut yourself in your patient's position: You're in your hospital bed, awaiting the doctor's arrival for your initial workup. But hold on. The white-coated young man who comes into the room couldn't have a medical license — he barely looks old enough to have a driver's license.
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ED opioid overdose visits jump 30 percent in a year
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareThe opioid epidemic is still getting worse. The evidence? Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses have skyrocketed in just one year. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the number of ED visits for opioid overdoses increased 30 percent from July 2016 to September 2017. Only a few areas of the U.S. have seen declines in ED visits for opioid overdoses.
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Hospitals struggling to fill job openings
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationRegardless of location and size, hospitals across the U.S. face a serious talent shortage, management staffing firm Leaders for Today warns in its report, "The Candidates Don't Exist." The hospital industry has seen signs of a shortage of nurses, physicians and leadership for some time.
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Evolution: Telemedicine to digital health
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareDigital health continues its expansion beyond more traditional telemedicine modalities as health professionals find new ways to apply technologies. In recent years, this expansion has become more of an evolution as the Internet, health information technology and even social media are blended into systems and processes.
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