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November 2007


Features

Cover Story
  COVER PROFILE
Mom and Pop
  by Rich Smith
  At family-owned Jordan Medical, accreditation helped boost the business.

  ACCREDITATION
Urgency in Eye of Beholder
  In the absence of a drop-dead accreditation deadline, experts stress business benefits and due diligence when selecting an accreditation organization.
  DIABETES
Draining and Maintaining
  by Kathleen Belmonte, MS, RN-CS, CDE, and Jennifer Delphia, MBA
  Can you drain reimbursement while maintaining service for diabetics? That's the challenge in a competitive bidding era.
  SOFTWARE
A Primary Education
  by Doug Stallbaumer
  Can you apply Robert Fulghum's classic 1989 book to modern-day technology?
  STAFF TRAINING
Staff Development With Style
  by Dawna Martich, RN, MSN
  Prepare a computer-assisted instruction program.
  CPAP/SLEEP
All About Compliance
  by Tor Valenza
  With standard CPAP, patient compliance drives new features.
  RESPIRATORY
Matching Therapeutic Standards with Shrinking Oxygen Systems
  by Vernon R. Pertelle, MBA, RRT, CCM
  Smaller might not be better if sufficient oxygen is not delivered.
  REHAB/MOBILITY
Sitting Pretty
  by Kathryn Fisher, OT, ATS
  Successful seating and positioning requires attention to detail.
  BUYING GROUPS
Staying Alive: The BGs Are Back
  Buying groups (BGs) matter most in tough times.
  ADL/RETAIL
Beat the Big Box Stores
  by Wes Hopper
  There's no need to be squeamish about "pushing" retail cash sales.


Departments

  EDITOR'S MESSAGE
If Transparency Is There, It's Really Hard to Find
  by Greg Thompson
  GRASSROOTS CENTRAL
You Should Care About Apathy
  by Wayne Stanfield
  I challenge every reader to pick up the phone and call Congress.
PRODUCT PROFILES
  OUR TURN
Grassroots Organizing Is Key to Influencing Medicaid Policy
  by Cara C. Bachenheimer, JD, and David T. Williams
  You abdicate your right to complain if you are not a member of your state association.

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