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BMI - Simply an Excellent Choice
Behavioral
Medical News
Volume 2 | November 2007 |
Welcome...
We hope you had a Great Thanksgiving and look
forward to a Happy Holiday Season and continue to find this
e-newsletter informative and a useful tool for your work in the Behavioral
Health Absence Management Field.
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HOT TOPICS
DEPRESSION INTERVENTION WORKS WONDERS!
A telephonic outreach and care management program was initiated with a
randomized trial of depressed workers. The care manager encouraged
selected participants to engage in outpatient therapy and medication
compliance. The care manager provided peer to peer Best Practices guidance
to the treating providers.
At follow-up the intervention group was
significantly lower on a depression scale, had significantly higher job
retention, and significantly more hours worked than the "usual care"
group.
Workers who received the telephonic intervention services
had two weeks of more work productivity than the control group. This study
provides great validation for telephonic intervention with depressed
employees. We at BMI, have known this for many years, as telephonic
outreach has been one of our core services. If you are having challenges
in showing the value of outreach and case management services to upper
level management, we suggest you familiarize yourself with this article.
Telephone Screening, Outreach, and Care Management for
Depressed Workers and Impact on Clinical and Work Productivity Outcomes.
Wang et al. JAMA. 2007; 298: 1401-1411.
HOW DEPRESSED ARE YOUR WORKERS?
The just-released National
Survey on Drug Use and Health presents data showing that 7% of full time
workers experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in the preceding
year.
The occupations with the highest rates of MDE were personal
care and service occupations (10.8%) and food service occupations (10.3%).
Of the 21 categories of workers, Office and Administrative Support was the
7th most depressed (8.1%), Sales was the 10th (6.7%), Management was 16th
(5.8%), and Architect and Surveyors were 21st (4.3%).
The highest
rates for women were in Food service (14.8%) and the highest rates for men
were in the arts, design, sports and media occupations (6.7%)
BMI can develop a Workplace Intervention for Depression
Screening and Early Identification for the workers you represent in these
industry sectors.
Visit the NSDUH web site |
 Workplace Intervention
Kate Harri, MA,
Licensed Psychologist
COACHING: Individuals referred to a coach are already
generally aware that something isn’t working as well as they would like it
to work. They have experienced situations where intentions were
misunderstood and perceptions were inaccurate. They know there were times
when work didn’t get done or employees didn’t follow through with
responsibilities.
A BMI Workplace Coach will help develop the
employee's primary skills, enhance secondary skills and develop new
skills. Coaches use a combination of testing, workplace interviews,
feedback, critical thinking and challenge that supports change and growth.
Click here for the complete article about coaching
services
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 Assessment Services!
Jennifer Kurtz, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist
BMI is
excited to offer a wide variety of assessment services including IMEs,
Fitness For Duty Evaluations, Neuropsychological Evaluations, and blind
test interpretations. Test interpretations offered include the Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 (MMPI-2), the Millon Clinical
Multiaxial Inventory – III (MCMI-III), the Battery for Health Improvement
– 2 (BHI-2), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Beck Depression
Inventory – 2 (BDI-2). Despite my excessive obsessiveness for quality
assurance, in depth and detailed interpretations are typically completed
within two business days.
EMAIL JENNIFER IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST INTERPRETATION SERVICES!!
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New Hire!  Chandelle Mohr joined the BMI staff in 2007 in a new
position, Office/IT Manager. She is responsible for the day to day
administrative and IT operations at BMI, and works closely with the
Account Managers and Quality Assurance staff to ensure producing high
quality reports.
Chandelle came to BMI with a wealth of experience in
Information Technology, including website development; administrative
positions; and disability claims experience. She received her Bachelor
degree in Computer Science at Bemidji State University. Much of her
leisure time is spent with her family at their Canadian cabin at Rainy
Lake (there is even a computer there). She has a passion for the outdoors
and animals, especially her golden retriever, Keetna.
Announcements!
 Mark Raderstorf, MA, LP, CCM, CRC, President of BMI,
presented at the National Business Group on Health Conference October
24th, 2007. The Proven Strategies for Behavioral Health Absence
presentation included two BMI corporate customers' outcomes on STD and
LTD claims, American Electric Power and Johnson & Johnson.
Click here to view the presentation.
Mark
Raderstorf, BMI's President, and Jennifer Kurtz, PsyD, LP, BMI's Psych
Quality Assurance Manager, recently had a article published in the
Professional Case Management Journal entitled: Managing Mental
Health Issues in the Workplace. To obtain a copy of the article,
please contact BMI at 952-927-0184, or Click to go to the News|Articles section of our website.
Gregory Helmer, MD, FACC, Cardiologist and BMI Consultant, and
Jennifer Nash Wright, PsyD, LP, will be making a presentation entitled:
'Strong Medicine for a Broken Heart: The Heart-Mind Connection in
Disability Management' to the Minnesota Chapter of DMEC, on Thursday,
January 17, 2008. Click
here for the DMECMN website. |
Cathy's QA'isms
Here are some recent quotes that might brighten a dreary day:
- Mr. ** had a repair, including an exorcism of a neuroma. [excision]
- low back pain that could be due to degenerative disc or herniated
nucleus populus [pulposis]
- incomplete right funnel pinch block.[bundle branch block]
- Ms. ** is not yet a candidate for electric compulsive therapy
[convulsive]
- confirmed with Dr. ** that there are no newer logic findings in
regards to the claimant” [neurologic].
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NEW SERVICES
Medical Review of Surveillance Video
BMI Motion
Analysis tools ensures you an Evidence-Based review of Surveillance Video:
- Surveillance Video reviewed by Physician Specialist appropriate to the
impairment
- Industrial Standards based Motion Analysis allows generalizability to
8 hour workplace
- AHA methodology addresses ‘good-day’ / ‘bad day’ variations
EMAIL MICHAEL COUPLAND,
CPsych, CRC IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDICAL REVIEW OF SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO SERVICES |
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