MetroDoctors THE JOURNAL OF THE HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY MEDICAL SOCIETIES
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New Directions in Health Care Purchasing Minnesota Community Measurement Project 2005 HMS/RMS Resolutions MRSA/ Pertussis Awareness
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4WO THINGS WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS GETTING THE CARE THEY SHOULD AND WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF REPORTING ON HEALTH CARE QUALITY )N THE PAST WE VE HAD EACH HEALTH PLAN AND SOME OTHER PAYERS MEASURING QUALITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE PROVIDED VERY LITTLE USEFUL INFOR MATION TO PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS ABOUT THEIR CARE 7E HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE RIGHT NOW 7E HAVE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR MANY CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO GET BETTER RESULTS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEASURE HOW WE ARE DO ING TO HELP FOCUS OUR EFFORTS WHERE CHANGE IS NEEDED MOST 7HAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM PHY SICIANS TO #OMMUNITY -EASUREMENT 7HEN ) lRST STARTED WITH #OMMUNITY -EA SUREMENT LAST FALL ) WAS EXPECTING A LOT OF THE PHYSICIANS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY ) EXPECTED TO HEAR h)F WE DIDN T GET AN ! THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR MEASURE v )NSTEAD ) VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY HOW MANY MEDICAL GROUPS ARE STRIVING TO AD DRESS THE GAPS IN THEIR CARE 4HERE IS AGREEMENT .OVEMBER $ECEMBER
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MEDICAL GROUP LEVEL WHERE WE DO OUR MEASURES 7E SHOULD CONSIDER RISK ADJUSTMENT IF WE MOVE TO INDIVIDUAL PHYSICIAN REPORTING AND MORE SPECIALIZED CONDITIONS "UT ) HOPE THIS NEVER BECOMES A REASON TO NOT REPORT RESULTS INSTEAD WE SHOULD MEASURE IN A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES GOOD PATIENT CARE AND AVOIDS OR DETECTS THIS KIND OF PROBLEM 3O WHAT MAKES A GOOD MEASURE !BOVE ALL THIS HAS TO BE ABOUT IMPROVING CARE NOT JUST MEASURING 3O WHAT WE SELECT SHOULD BE THINGS THAT WE AGREE NEED IMPROVEMENT ) THINK GOOD MEASURES HAVE THE h -S v 4HEY MATTER ˆ THEY ARE FOR CONDITIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY 4HE MEASURES ARE MEANINGFUL THEY HAVE TO RELATE TO ACTIONS PEOPLE CAN TAKE TO IMPROVE RESULTS !ND THEY ARE MEASURABLE 7E HAVE EFlCIENT WAYS TO GET DATA THAT ARE VALID AND RELIABLE 7HAT ABOUT PROVIDERS WHO AREN T INCLUDED IN Y OUR REPORTING 7HAT S UNIQUE ABOUT OUR EFFORT IN -INNESOTA IS WE HAVE DATA FROM MOST PAYERS AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF MEDICAL GROUPS 4HERE ARE SOME SMALL PROVIDER GROUPS THAT WE JUST DON T HAVE ENOUGH DATA ON NOW TO REPORT 7E D LIKE TO INCLUDE EVERYONE BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE COST OF DATA COLLECTION 7HAT WAS Y OUR BIGGEST SURPRISE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY S REACTION TO -.#- )T IS WONDERFUL THAT THE -INNESOTA -EDICAL !S SOCIATION HAS JOINED AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF -.#- ) HOPE OTHER HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS JOIN IN THE FUTURE TOO /UR NEW BOARD INCLUDES PHYSICIANS HOSPITALS HEALTH PLANS EMPLOYERS AND CONSUMERS )T IS CRITICAL THAT WE ALL SIT AT THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE OUR MEASURES ARE RIGHT AND THAT THE RESULTS WE REPORT ARE RELIABLE 7E
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,-# WILL USE BENElT DESIGN TO URGE MEM BERS AND THEIR PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS TO USE THESE THREE TO FOUR CERTIlED CENTERS 4HE PROGRAM HAS AT ITS CORE A PATIENT ADVOCACY SUPPORT SYSTEM 0!33 THAT OPERATES HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO ASSIST MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH SPECIALTY CARE REFERRAL AND PROVIDER SCHEDULING 4HE /PERATING %NGINEERS ,OCAL (EALTH AND 7ELFARE &UND WAS THE lRST TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM !UGUST 4HEY ARE AMONG THE LARGEST OF #OALITION MEMBERS WITH SOME MEMBERS AND OVER LIVES ACROSS -INNESOTA AND THE $AKOTAS %ARLY RESULTS SHOW THAT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL TRAVEL IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BEST CARE !S AN EXAMPLE A WORKER IN FAR NORTHERN -INNESOTA WAS DUE TO HAVE A COMPLICATED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SURGERY 7HEN THE FAMILY FOUND OUT FROM 0!33 THAT A SURGEON S VOLUME EXPERIENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUTCOMES THEY TRAVELED TO -AYO IN 2OCHESTER BECAUSE THE SURGEON THERE HAD PERFORMED NUMEROUS SUCH PRO CEDURES LAST YEAR WHILE THE LOCAL SURGEON HAD PERFORMED ONLY A FEW IN THE PAST YEAR 7HILE THE PATIENT RECEIVED THE BEST QUALITY CARE THE HEALTH FUND CAN EXPECT TO PAY LESS FOR CARE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE COMPLICATIONS INFECTIONS AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SURGERY ALL OF WHICH OCCUR LESS FREQUENTLY IN A HIGH PERFORMANCE SPECIALTY MEDICAL SYSTEM !NOTHER CASE INVOLVED A WIFE OF AN OPERATING ENGINEER WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR BY HER LOCAL SPECIAL IST 7HEN MEDICATIONS DID NOT IMPROVE
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HER NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS IT WAS RECOM MENDED LOCALLY THAT SHE WOULD NEED BRAIN SURGERY 3HE LEARNED OF THE &UND S h#EN TERS OF %XCELLENCEv PROGRAM AND CALLED THE PATIENT ADVOCACY NUMBER OPERATED BY (EALTH 3YSTEMS -ANAGEMENT THE #OALITION S AND (EALTH &UNDS PARTNER AND VENDOR FOR SPECIALIST REFERRAL INFORMATION )T IS ALWAYS THE PATIENT AND OR THE PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR WHO ACTS ON THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE REFERRAL !FTER HEARING DETAILS OF HER MEDICAL CONDITION AND IMPENDING SURGERY (EALTH 3YSTEMS -ANAGEMENT PROVIDED INFORMA TION TO THE WOMAN THAT LED HER TO SELF REFER TO A #ENTER OF %XCELLENCE 4HE SUBSEQUENT BRAIN SCAN AND EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT SHE WAS PROVIDED THE WRONG MEDICATION PREVIOUSLY SHE DID NOT HAVE A TUMOR AND SURGERY WAS NOT INDICATED .OW WHAT WAS THE QUALITY RETURN TO THE MEMBER AND COST SAVINGS TO THE (EALTH AND 7ELFARE &UND 3ELF INSURED (EALTH AND 7ELFARE &UNDS PARTICULARLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY hGET THE FACTv THAT RE WORK AND COMPLICA TIONS ARE NOT ONLY POOR QUALITY BUT ALSO THE &UND ENDS UPON PAYING FOR THESE AVOIDABLE EVENTS 'LEN *OHNSON )5/% &UND TRUSTEE AND "USINESS -ANAGER OF ,OCAL ESTIMATED THAT THE PROGRAM COULD CONSERVATIVELY SAVE THE FUND BE TWEEN OR MORE PER YEAR )N -ARCH THE 5NITED &OOD AND #OM MERCIAL 7ORKERS 5&#7 ,OCAL ANOTHER LARGE MEMBER OF THE #OALITION BARGAINED FOR THE #ENTERS OF %XCELLENCE PROGRAM 4HE TRUST FUND INCLUDES OVER WORKERS COVERED LIVES IN RETAIL STORES HEALTH CARE AND MEAT PRO CESSING IN -INNESOTA 4HE 5NION TOLD -ANAGEMENT 4RUSTEES THAT THEY WANTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM -ANAGEMENT AGREED 4HE #OALITION BELIEVES PROVIDING THE BEST QUALITY TO MEMBERS AND SAVINGS TO &UNDS AND %MPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS IS A PERFECT INTERSECT OF INTERESTS BETWEEN ,ABOR
AND -ANAGEMENT 4HIS PAST MONTH STATE EMPLOYEE LABOR GROUPS ALSO BARGAINED FOR THE PROGRAM AND FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL VENDORS THE PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO STATE EMPLOY EES AND DEPENDENTS IN /THER &UND 4RUSTEES ARE CONSIDERING THE PROGRAM AS WELL )N THE HEART CARE AREA IT IS ESTIMATED BASED ON A STUDY CONDUCTED IN -INNESOTA THAT AS MUCH AS TO CAN BE SAVED PER CASE BY HAVING CARE PROVIDED BY A CERTIlED HEART CENTER 4HIS IS BENEl CIAL NOT ONLY FOR MANAGEMENT AND LABOR BUT ALSO FOR PROVIDERS WHO AS A RESULT OF DOING THE BEST JOB RECEIVE HIGHER REFERRAL VOLUME "RINGING IT 4OGETHER
4OP BUSINESS LEADERS SHOULD EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL OF USING THE CORE BUSINESS STRATE GIES THAT THEY USE IN THEIR EXTENDED ENTER PRISE WITH SUPPLIERS TO PURCHASE HEALTH
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CARE 3UCH AN APPROACH WOULD BENElT COMPANIES EMPLOYEES DEPENDENTS AND RETIREES /THER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE h3MART "UYv !LLIANCE ANNOUNCED BY THE 'OVERNOR ARE MOBILIZING AROUND THIS NEW APPROACH 3UPPORT FROM STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP WILL REINFORCE EFFORTS AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC SECTOR INCLUDING CITIES COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A SIMILAR APPROACH )F YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION WISHES MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUGGESTED APPROACH THE ,ABOR -ANAGEMENT #OALITION OR THE STATEWIDE h3MART "UYv !LLIANCE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR * " h3EANv +ENNEY 0H $ IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ,ABOR -ANAGEMENT (EALTH #ARE #OALITION OF THE 5PPER -IDWEST BASED IN THE 4WIN #ITIES AND IS A CO CHAIR OF THE -INNESOTA h3MART "UYv !LLIANCE 9EARS AGO -R +ENNEY SERVED ON THE MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY AT THE 5 OF -. AS $IREC TOR OF 'RADUATE 3TUDIES FOR &AMILY 0RACTICE AND #OMMUNITY (EALTH 9OU MAY CONTACT HIM AT SKENNEY JREC NET OR
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TION CASES OF PERTUSSIS WERE REPORTED IN -IN NESOTA 4HIS IS MORE THAN SIX TIMES THE NUMBER REPORTED IN N MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER REPORTED DURING THE MOST RECENT PREVIOUS PEAK YEAR OF N AND HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED DURING ANY YEAR SINCE N 4HE INCREASE IN REPORTED CASES ALSO OCCURRED NATIONALLY .ORTH $AKOTA REPORTED OVER CASES AND 7ISCONSIN REPORTED OVER CASES IN 4HE INCREASE IN REPORTED CASES HAS BEEN OBSERVED PRIMARILY IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS AND MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING INCREASED AWARENESS OF PERTUSISS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF MORE SENSITIVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING USING 0#2 AND TRULY INCREASED INCIDENCE 0ERTUSSIS IS CONSIDERED ENDEMIC BUT IS LIKELY UNDER DIAGNOSED AND UNDER REPORTED (ISTORICALLY INCIDENCE HAS TENDED TO PEAK IN THE LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL HOWEVER ANNUAL PEAKS HAVE MORE RECENTLY OCCURRED DURING THE LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER 0ERTUSSIS REMAINS A SIGNIlCANT CAUSE OF MORBIDITY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES $ESPITE HIGH VACCINATION COVERAGE LEVELS PERTUSSIS IS THE ONLY VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE WITH AN INCREASE IN OVERALL REPORTED CASES AND INFANT MORTALITY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES OVER THE PAST DECADE 0ERTUSSIS IS A TOXIN MEDIATED BACTERIAL ILL NESS INVOLVING LOCAL TISSUE DAMAGE IN THE RESPI RATORY TRACT LEADING TO A PROLONGED PAROXYSMAL COUGH LASTING UP TO DAYS WITH POST TUSSIVE VOMITING AND WHOOPING 4HE COUGH MAY PER SIST BEYOND THE INFECTIOUS PERIOD AND BEYOND TREATMENT UNTIL RESPIRATORY TISSUE HAS HEALED 4RANSMISSION OCCURS VIA RESPIRATORY DROPLETS
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4HE INCUBATION PERIOD IS GENERALLY DAYS BUT CAN RANGE FROM TO DAYS 0AROXYSMAL COUGHING IS THE MOST COM MONLY REPORTED SYMPTOM OF PERTUSSIS )N PERCENT OF THE CASES EXPERIENCED PAROXYSMAL COUGHING /VER ONE THIRD PERCENT REPORTED WHOOPING 0OST TUSSIVE VOMITING WAS REPORTED IN PERCENT OF THE CASES 0NEUMONIA WAS DIAGNOSED IN PERCENT CASES FOUR OF WHOM WERE LESS THAN MONTHS OF AGE 4HIRTY ONE PERCENT CASES WERE HOSPITALIZED PERCENT OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WERE YOUNGER THAN MONTHS OF AGE /NE DEATH DUE TO PERTUSSIS RELATED COMPLICATIONS WAS REPORTED IN 4HE CASE WAS A MONTH OLD WITH NO UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS 0ERTUSSIS MAY AFFECT PERSONS OF ANY AGE $URING CASES RANGED IN AGE FROM DAYS TO YEARS PERCENT OCCURRED IN PERSONS YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER PERCENT OCCURRED IN PERSONS TO YEARS OF AGE PERCENT OCCURRED IN PERSONS YEARS PERCENT OC CURRED IN PERSON MONTHS TO YEARS AND PERCENT OCCURRED IN INFANTS LESS THAN MONTHS OF AGE !GE WAS UNKNOWN FOR ONE CASE )NFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE DISEASE AND COMPLICATIONS 0ERTUSSIS IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED IN OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS 4HESE CASES IN OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE A SOURCE OF INFECTION FOR INFANTS WHO ARE AT HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE COMPLICATIONS 0ERTUSSIS BOOSTER VACCINES FOR PERSONS YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER WILL HELP TO DECREASE THE INCIDENCE AND TRANSMISSION OF PERTUSSIS IN THE COMMUNITY 4WO NEW 4ETANUS 4OXOID 2EDUCED $IPHTHERIA 4OXOID AND !CELLULAR 0ERTUSSIS 6ACCINE !DSORBED 4DAP PRODUCTS WERE LICENSED BY THE 5 3 &OOD AND $RUG !DMINISTRATION &$! IN AS SINGLE DOSE BOOSTER VACCINES TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST
TETANUS DIPHTHERIA AND PERTUSSIS "OOSTRIXยง DEVELOPED BY 'LAXO3MITH+LINE IS INDICATED FOR PERSONS TO YEARS OF AGE !DACELยง DEVELOPED BY 3ANOl 0ASTEUR IS INDICATED FOR PERSONS TO YEARS OF AGE /N *UNE THE NATIONAL !DVISORY #OMMITTEE ON )MMUNIZATION 0RACTICES !#)0 VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE ROUTINE USE OF 4DAP VACCINES IN ADOLESCENTS AGED n YEARS IN PLACE OF TETANUS AND DIPHTHERIA TOXOIDS 4D VACCINES $ETAILED INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED ON THE 5 3 #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL AND 0REVENTION WEBSITE AT HTTP WWW CDC GOV NIP VACCINE TDAP TDAP?ACIP?RECS PDF !CTIVE 3URVEILLANCE FOR 0ERTUSSIS 4HE #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL AND 0REVEN TION HAS FUNDED THE -INNESOTA $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH -$( TO CONDUCT AN ACTIVE SUR VEILLANCE PROJECT FOR PERTUSSIS IN 2AMSEY AND $AKOTA #OUNTIES 4OGETHER THESE COUNTIES REP RESENTED PERCENT OF REPORTED CASES OF PERTUS SIS IN THE SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AND PERCENT OF -INNESOTA CASES IN 4HE PURPOSE OF THIS lVE YEAR PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN IMPROVED PERTUSSIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PERTUSSIS DISEASE ACROSS PEDIATRIC ADOLESCENT AND ADULT AGE GROUPS AND TO EVALUATE VACCINE EF FECTIVENESS &URTHERMORE STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF THE NEW ADOLESCENT ADULT PERTUSSIS VACCINE CAN BE CONDUCTED IN THE PROJECT AREA 4HE GOAL IS TO EXPAND ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT 2AMSEY AND $AKOTA COUNTIES ONCE A SUCCESSFUL ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AMONG PARTICIPAT ING PILOT SITES
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4HINKˆ4ESTˆ4REAT ˆ 3TOP 4RANSMISSION 4HE PERTUSSIS ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE PROJECT IS DRIVEN BY A h 4 MOTTOv 4HINK OF PERTUSSIS IN ANYONE WITH s ! PERSISTENT COUGH OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY LASTING MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS s 0AROXYSMAL COUGH WHOOP POST TUSSIVE VOMITING GAGGING OR APNEA s ! COUGH OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY WHO HAS BEEN NOTIlED OF A PERTUSSIS EXPOSURE s 0ROVIDER S SUSPICION OF PERTUSSIS 4EST FOR PERTUSSIS s 5SE A NASOPHARYNGEAL .0 SWAB APPLICATOR WITH A mEXIBLE WIRE s 'ENTLY INSERT THE SWAB INTO THE NARE AND PROCEED GENTLY TO THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE PHARYNX $O NOT DIRECT THE SWAB UPWARD LET THE SWAB CREEP ALONG THE mOOR OF THE NASAL CAVITY $O NOT FORCE THE SWAB PAST OBSTRUCTION (OLD THE SWAB IN PLACE FOR UP TO SECONDS OR UNTIL A PAROXYSMAL COUGH IS ELICITED OR ASK PATIENT TO COUGH 4HIS SHOULD ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SPECIMEN
AND REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF FALSE NEGATIVE RESULTS 4REAT AND REPORT SUSPECTED AND CONlRMED CASES s %RYTHROMYCIN !ZITHROMYCIN #LARITHRO MYCIN 4RIMETHOPRIM 3ULFAMETHOXAZOLE CAN ALL BE USED s 0LEASE SEE -$( TREATMENT MATRIX FOR AP PROPRIATE USE s &OR QUESTIONS CALL YOUR RESPECTIVE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT –$AKOTA #OUNTY –3T 0AUL 2AMSEY #OUNTY s !NTIMICROBIAL PROPHY LAXIS SAME REGIMEN AS THERAPY FOR CASES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PATIENTS WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC BUT ARE CLOSE CONTACTS OF PERTUSSIS CASES – !NTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS IS RECOM MENDED IF EXPOSURE TO AN INFECTIOUS CASE OCCURRED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS DAYS THE MAXIMUM INCUBATION PERIOD FOR PERTUSSIS – !SYMPTOMATIC CONTACTS RECEIVING PRO PHYLAXIS SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THEIR USUAL ACTIVITIES
–3YMPTOMATIC CONTACTS SHOULD BE EVALU ATED AS SUSPECT PERTUSSIS CASES
3TOP 4RANSMISSION BY LIMITING REGULAR ACTIVITIES DURING INFECTIOUS PERIOD )NFORM YOUR PATIENTS TO STAY AT HOME AND AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH OTHERS UNTIL THEY HAVE s #OMPLETED THE lFTH DAY OF AN APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC /2 s (AD THE COUGH FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS PERSONS ARE CONTAGIOUS FOR THE lRST THREE WEEKS OF COUGH )F YOUR CLINIC IS LOCATED IN 2AMSEY OR $AKOTA COUNTY AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN PERTUSSIS ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE PLEASE CONTACT 3HARON ,YNCH 3T 0AUL n 2AMSEY #OUNTY $E PARTMENT OF 0UBLIC (EALTH OR +ATHERINE +RAEGER $AKOTA #OUNTY 0UBLIC (EALTH $EPARTMENT
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WIND BEGINS TO BLOW WE -INNESOTANS KNOW THAT WINTER IS COMING "UT FOR MANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IT ALSO MEANS THE mU SEASON IS COM ING AND WITH IT A MULTITUDE OF QUESTIONS 7ILL THERE BE ENOUGH VACCINE 7ILL WE BE ABLE TO BUY ANY TO GIVE TO OUR CLIENTELE 7ILL WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHO GETS THE VACCINE )N THE LAST lVE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN THIS GREAT UNCERTAINTY BUT NONE WORSE THAN LAST YEAR &OR THE -INNESOTA 6ISITING .URSE !GENCY -6.! A NON PROlT AGENCY THAT SERVES AS PART OF THE SAFETY NET FOR (ENNEPIN #OUNTY THE &LU 0ROGRAM HAS BEEN CRITICAL !S THE 0UBLIC (EALTH .URSING ARM FOR THE #ITY OF -INNEAPOLIS AND (ENNEPIN #OUNTY PROCEEDS FROM THE -6.! &LU 0RO GRAM HAVE GONE RIGHT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE CHARITY CARE NURSING SERVICES IN THE HOMES OF OUR MOST FRAIL ,AST YEAR -6.! GAVE SHOTS DOWN FROM SHOTS THE YEAR BEFORE 4HIS PRO DUCED A REAL SHORTAGE OF DOLLARS FOR CHARITY CARE SERVICES -ANY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS CAME TO THE AIDE OF -6.! ESPECIALLY THE &REY &OUNDATION TO PROVIDE US WITH CHARITY CARE DO NATIONS WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HOME CARE SERVICES TO THOSE WITHOUT RESOURCES 4HE 5NITED 7AY AND mU PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF CHARITY CARE DOLLARS )N THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED THE GAP DOLLARS 4HE PHYSICIANS WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE TO -6.! AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH 4HERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS LAST YEAR IN THE MIDST OF THE SHORTAGE "ECAUSE OF THE -6.! CONNECTION TO THE 6ISITING .URSE !S SOCIATION OF !MERICA -6.! WAS ABLE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL VACCINE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REDISTRIBUTE THAT VACCINE TO OTHER COMMUNITY PROVIDERS &OLLOWING THE DIRECTION OF THE 3TATE "9 -!29 !.. ",!$%
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(EALTH $EPARTMENT -6.! REDISTRIBUTED OVER DOSES OF VACCINES TO OTHER PROVIDERS AROUND THE STATE 7ITH A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF VACCINE WE -INNESOTA PROVIDERS WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITIES WERE SERVED 7HAT WILL THE mU SEASON BRING 7E KNOW THAT TWO MANUFACTURERS HAVE DELIVERED VACCINE AND HOPE THE #HIRON MANUFACTURER WILL COME THROUGH SO WE DO NOT HAVE A VACCINE SHORTAGE -ANY PROVIDERS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR VACCINES AND WILL SHORTLY BE PROVIDING IMMUNIZATIONS TO THEIR CLIENTELE -6.! WILL AGAIN PARTNER WITH (EALTH &AIR TO PROVIDE IMMUNIZATIONS AT THE #UB 3TORES THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR THE HIGH PRIOR ITY RESIDENTS 7HAT THE 3TATE $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH LEARNED LAST YEAR IN OUR CRISIS WAS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT )F THEIR NORMAL LOCATIONS ARE REMOVED THEY DON T GET IMMUNIZED 4HE PHYSICIAN OFlCES WERE IDENTIlED AS A PRIMARY LOCATION SITE AS WELL AS THE NON TRADI TIONAL SITES SUCH AS #UB &OOD "ASED ON THE RESEARCH OF $R +RISTIN .ICHOLS THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS UTILIZING #UB &OOD FALL INTO THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY $URING THE MONTHS OF /CTOBER AND .OVEMBER OF WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH OVER SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTERS NURSING HOMES ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND CHURCHES TO PROVIDE THE mU VACCINE )N .OVEMBER AND $ECEMBER OVER CORPORATIONS WILL RECEIVE THEIR IMMUNIZATIONS THROUGH -6.! 7E HOPE TO PARTNER WITH THE 3TATE (EALTH $EPARTMENT AND THE PHYSICIAN COMMUNITY TO MAKE US NUMBER ONE IN PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM THE mU
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#OMMUNITY !SSOCIATED -ETHICILLIN 2ESISTANT 3TAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -23! "ACKGROUND 4HE -INNESOTA $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH -$( HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF -23! INFECTIONS IN PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY PERSONS SINCE 4HESE STRAINS OF -23! ARE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED #! -23! 4HE #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL AND 0REVENTION #$# DElNES #! -23! AS -23! THAT HAS BEEN ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF POSITIVE CULTURE FOR -23! FROM ANY BODY SITE OBTAINED HOURS AFTER ADMISSION TO A HOSPITAL IF HOSPITALIZED PRIOR -23! INFECTION OR COLONIZATION HOSPITALIZATION SURGERY RESI DENCY IN A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY OR DIALYSIS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR OR CURRENT INDWELLING PERCUTANEOUS DEVICES OR CATHETERS #LINICAL 0RESENTATION #! -23! SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS TYPICALLY MANIFEST AS PUSTULAR LESIONS ABSCESSES FURUNCLES CARBUNCLES BOILS AND CELLULITIS #! -23! CAN ALSO CAUSE MORE SERIOUS INFECTIONS SUCH AS PNEUMONIA BONE JOINT AND BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS 0ROSPECTIVE 3ENTINEL 3ITE 3URVEILLANCE FOR #! -23! )N THE -INNESOTA #OMMUNICABLE $IS EASE 2EPORTING 2ULES WERE AMENDED TO REQUIRE THAT ALL CASES OF SERIOUS ILLNESS OR DEATH DUE TO #! -23! BE REPORTED TO -$( AND THAT HOSPITAL LABORATORIES SIX IN THE SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AND SIX IN NON METROPOLI TAN -INNESOTA REPORT ALL CASES OF -23! TO -$(
/F -23! CASES REPORTED IN PERCENT WERE HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED (! -23! PERCENT WERE #! -23! AND PERCENT COULD NOT BE CLASSIlED #! -23! PATIENTS WERE YOUNGER THAN (! -23! PA TIENTS WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF YEARS VERSUS YEARS 3KIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS WERE MORE COMMON AMONG #! -23! CASES THAN AMONG (! -23! CASES PERCENT VS PERCENT #! -23! ISOLATES WERE MORE LIKELY THAN (! -23! ISOLATES TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CIPROmOXACIN CLINDAMYCIN GENTAMICIN AND TRIMETHOPRIM SULFAMETHOXAZOLE AND WERE MORE LIKELY TO CONTAIN THE RESISTANCE GENE 3##MEC)6 AND HAVE DIFFERENT EXOTOXIN GENE PROlLES ; =
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THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE RESULTING IN EXPANDED PA TIENT SELECTION 4HESE ADVANCES INCLUDE s 2EDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING REGIMENS THAT HAVE DECREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTAL ITY s -ORE ACCURATE $.! BASED (,! TISSUE TYPING s .EW DRUGS TO TREAT POST TRANSPLANT COMPLI CATIONS s )MPROVED PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF FUNGAL INFECTION .-$0 3ERVICES TO 0ATIENTS AND 0HYSICIANS 4HE .-$0 IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE OUTCOMES OF UNRELATED DONOR HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND MAKING THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING THERAPY AVAILABLE TO ALL PATIENTS WHO MIGHT BENElT FROM IT 4O MEET THESE GOALS THE .-$0 HAS INITIATED MANY PROGRAMS TO EDU CATE PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS ON THE TRANSPLANT PROCESS AND HAS A RESEARCH PROGRAM TO PROVIDE RESEARCHERS ACCESS TO THE .-$0 TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES DATABASE 2ESEARCH USING THE .-$0 TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES DATABASE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY USE FUL IN ADVANCING THE lELD OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION $ETAILED DATA IS COLLECTED ON EVERY SEARCH AND TRANSPLANT COORDINATED BY THE .-$0 ON BOTH THE DONOR AND THE RECIPIENT 4HE .-$0 TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES DATABASE IS THEREFORE A POWERFUL TOOL TO UNDERSTANDING WHICH PRE TRANSPLANT CIRCUMSTANCES Â&#x2C6; I E DISEASE STAGE AT TRANSPLANT (,! MATCH CHEMOTHERAPY RADIATION REGIMENS Â&#x2C6; YIELD BETTER OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS 4HE .-$0 AND THE !MERICAN 3OCIETY FOR "LOOD AND -ARROW 4RANSPLANTATION !3"-4 HAVE DEVELOPED GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING RECOM MENDED TIMING FOR TRANSPLANT CONSULTATION 4HESE GUIDELINES INDICATE PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR PATIENTS AT RISK OF DISEASE PROGRESSION USING STANDARD THERAPY AND INDICATE WHICH PATIENTS SHOULD BE EVALUATED FOR TRANSPLANTATION 4HEY CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AT THE .-$0 7EB SITE WWW MARROW ORG
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3UBMITTED BY THE 2AMSEY -EDICAL 3OCIETY (OUSE !CTION 2EFERRED TO THE --! "OARD OF 4RUSTEES CONSENT CALENDAR 2%3/,6%$ THAT THE -INNESOTA -EDICAL !SSOCIATION SUPPORT AND LOBBY FOR LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES THAT PESTICIDE APPLICATION RECORDS BE lLED WITH THE -INNESOTA $EPARTMENT OF !GRICULTURE -$! SIMILAR TO REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES AND THAT THE RECORDS BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE S OPEN RECORDS LAW TO CITIZENS FOR REVIEW AND COPY AND BE IT FURTHER
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Spectacular Lake Views!
Charming Dean Parkway
Lowry Hill Masterpiece
Perched overlooking Lake of the Isles sits this stately home completely renovated with spectacular views of the water and downtown Minneapolis. Features include dramatic fit and finish throughout, a rare 3car garage with handsome 2-bedroom carriage house, barrel entries, wrought iron accents, gourmet eat-in kitchen, main floor study or family room and more! 5 bedrooms, 7 baths.
A magnificent renovation with sophisticated spaces and rich, quality craftsmanship throughout. Features include a gorgeous master suite with elaborate bath and large study, gourmet kitchen with stainless appliances, adjoining main floor family room encased windows that overlook the patio & much more. 5 bedrooms, 5 baths.
Completely renovated home with wonderful views of Cedar Lake and downtown Minneapolis. Features granite kitchen with breakfast bar and maple cabinets, main floor family room, beautiful stone fireplace, paver patio, and hardwood floors. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths.
Fantastic Mediterranian just steps from three city lakes, entertainment and shopping. Features spacious main floor family room, large backyard, flowing public rooms, and delightful sunroom. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths.
A historic antebellum architecture set in Lowry Hill. This romantic and graceful home affords rich turn-of-the-century architectural details, grand entertainment sized public rooms, flowing spaces, gorgeous chandeliers and an updated eat-in kitchen with stainless appliances and more. 5 bedrooms, 4 baths.
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Location, Location! Fantastic family home in Parkwood Knolls of Edina. Features spacious public rooms, crisp eat-in kitchen, main floor family room with beamed ceilings, updated baths, lower level amusement room 5 bedrooms, 5 baths.
Go West Young Family We saved the best for last! Build the home of your dreams on a choice cut of the last piece of Prime Edina Real Estate. This is no East Edina, this is the West. These are the homes where the open spaces roam, and the lofty and soaring vaults tray. Don’t tell us about the Old World Charm. Heck, we built that, too. “Your investment will be significant in your next home, it may as well be on a home that you custom design!” There are 23 lots now available to turn your dreams into reality.
Call Scott Card John Shaw
612.209.6455
or visit us on the web at
612.720.4678
www.ParkwoodKnolls.com
Bruce Birkeland 612-925-8405 www.brucebirkeland.com
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