Nurse Managed Occupational Health Centers

Toward a definition of nurse-managed centers.

Impact of academic nurse-managed centers on communities served.

PURPOSE This paper presents findings from six community focus groups that addressed the impact of academic nurse-managed centers (ANMCs) on the overall community being served as well as the quality of care provided in the centers. DATA SOURCES Experts in focus group methodology from a public health institute conducted the six focus groups at ANMCs from four universities in the Midwest. Discus...

Meet the occupational health nurse.

Dat beroepsgesondheidsdienste groter produktiwiteit beteken, is tydens albei wêreldoorloë bewys, sodat die beroepsgesondheidsverpleegster onbeperkte geleenthede het. Aangesien belangstelling in the gesondheid van die werker diepe betrokkenheid in sy werk verg is dit die algemene doelstelling van ’n beroepsgesondheidsdiens om die gesondheid van die werker te bevorder — die aanpassing van die wer...

Managed care and community health centers.

This study has two objectives: (1) to examine the relationship between the involvement of community health centers (CHCs) in managed care and various center characteristics, including patient, provider, services, and financial characteristics, that are critically linked with the fulfillment of their mission and (2) to identify factors significantly associated with CHCs' involvement in managed c...

HIPAA and the occupational health nurse.

Occupational health nurses routinely manage client records and apply confidentiality standards in their practice. The applicability of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations is often not well understood. Also, these regulations are frequently confused as being broader in scope.