TY - JOUR
T1 - The minnesota health partnership and coordinated health care and disability prevention
T2 - The implementation of an integrated benefits and medical care model
AU - McGrail, Michael P.
AU - Calasanz, Marilou
AU - Christianson, Jon
AU - Cortez, Cathy
AU - Dowd, Bryan
AU - Gorman, Robert
AU - Lohman, William H.
AU - Parker, David
AU - Radosevich, David M.
AU - Westman, Gary
PY - 2002/3
Y1 - 2002/3
N2 - In the spring of 1996, the Minnesota Health Partnership (MHP) received a demonstration grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers Compensation Health Initiative to pilot a model of health care that was designed to combine the best practices of general health and workers' compensation medical care. This paper outlines the genesis of the MHP, and the relationship of its Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention model to traditional managed care and 24-h care models. In order to effectively implement disability prevention principles within a primary care clinical setting, it is essential to increase health care provider awareness that the disability relating to a specific impairment can be positively impacted by specific clinical strategies. The basis and specifics of these strategies are also discussed. Plans for the evaluation of this model will also be described.
AB - In the spring of 1996, the Minnesota Health Partnership (MHP) received a demonstration grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers Compensation Health Initiative to pilot a model of health care that was designed to combine the best practices of general health and workers' compensation medical care. This paper outlines the genesis of the MHP, and the relationship of its Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention model to traditional managed care and 24-h care models. In order to effectively implement disability prevention principles within a primary care clinical setting, it is essential to increase health care provider awareness that the disability relating to a specific impairment can be positively impacted by specific clinical strategies. The basis and specifics of these strategies are also discussed. Plans for the evaluation of this model will also be described.
KW - Disability prevention
KW - Integrated benefits
KW - Physician communication
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1013598204042
DO - 10.1023/A:1013598204042
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11837058
AN - SCOPUS:12144285866
SN - 1053-0487
VL - 12
SP - 43
EP - 54
JO - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
IS - 1
ER -