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Social Work And The Affordable Care Act: Maximizing The Profession’S Role In Health Reform, Christina Andrews, Teri Browne, Heidi Allen, Darla S. Coffey, Sarah Gehlert, Robyn Golden, Jeanne Marsh, Timothy Mcbride, Angelo Mcclain, Edward Woomer
Social Work And The Affordable Care Act: Maximizing The Profession’S Role In Health Reform, Christina Andrews, Teri Browne, Heidi Allen, Darla S. Coffey, Sarah Gehlert, Robyn Golden, Jeanne Marsh, Timothy Mcbride, Angelo Mcclain, Edward Woomer
Teri Browne
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generating sweeping changes in the financing, organization, and accessibility of health and social services in the United States. In light of these changes, a strategic planning meeting was convened to develop recommendations for how social work can maximize its contributions to the ACA. Participants discussed six areas in which the profession has especially significant potential to contribute to the ACA: care coordination, behavioral health service integration, insurance access, health behavior change, care transition management, and community-based prevention.
Emotional Exhaustion And Workload Demands Of Kidney Transplant Social Workers, Joseph Merighi, Teri Browne, Sarah Keenan
Emotional Exhaustion And Workload Demands Of Kidney Transplant Social Workers, Joseph Merighi, Teri Browne, Sarah Keenan
Teri Browne
This exploratory study examined training issues, emotional exhaustion and workload demands in U.S. kidney transplant socialworkers. Online survey data were obtained from 91 respondents who represented all 18 End-Stage Renal Disease networks.Findings indicated that the majority of the respondents’ employers provided resources for educational training and paid timeoff associated with these trainings. With regard to hours per week spent on specific job tasks, respondents indicated that pretransplantactivities were the most time-consuming, followed by post-transplant and inpatient work. Generally, emotionalexhaustion and workload demands were slightly lower than reported for dialysis social workers. Implications for social workpractice and research are discussed.
Nephrology Social Work: History In The Making, Teri Browne
Nephrology Social Work: History In The Making, Teri Browne
Teri Browne
No abstract provided.
Psychosocial Aspects Of The 2008 End-Stage Renal Disease Conditions For Coverage, Teri Browne
Psychosocial Aspects Of The 2008 End-Stage Renal Disease Conditions For Coverage, Teri Browne
Teri Browne
On October 14, 2008, practices and policies in every dialysis unit in the United States and its territories will besignificantly changed with the implementation of the 2008 Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) for End-Stage RenalDisease Facilities (Office of the Federal Register, 2008). These CfCs mark the first wholesale change in the regulationsfor dialysis units in more than 30 years, and the Council of Nephrology Social Workers (CNSW) is makingevery effort to provide its members with the tools and resources they need to adapt to and adopt these new CfCs.This special issue of The Journal of Nephrology Social Work is intended to …
Caseloads And Salaries Of Nephrology Social Workers By State, Esrd Network, And National Kidney Foundation Region: Summary Findings For 2007 And 2010, Joseph Merighi, Teri Browne, Kathleen Bruder
Caseloads And Salaries Of Nephrology Social Workers By State, Esrd Network, And National Kidney Foundation Region: Summary Findings For 2007 And 2010, Joseph Merighi, Teri Browne, Kathleen Bruder
Teri Browne
The Council of Nephrology Social Workers and the National Kidney Foundation conducted two national online surveys of nephrology social workers to assess caseload and salary trends by state, End-Stage Renal Disease Network, and National Kidney Foundation Region. Between 2007 and 2010, outpatient dialysis social workers experienced increases in mean case-load size from 73 to 79 (up 8.2%) for those employed 20–31 hours per week, 113 to 121 (up 7.1%) for those employed 32–40 hrs/wk, and 117 to 126 (up 7.7%) for those employed 40 hrs/wk. Increases in mean hourly wage were also reported across all three employment status groups for …
Dialysis Rationing And The Just Allocation Of Resources: A Historical Primer., Teri Browne
Dialysis Rationing And The Just Allocation Of Resources: A Historical Primer., Teri Browne
Teri Browne
No abstract provided.
Handbook Of Health Social Work, Teri Browne
Handbook Of Health Social Work, Teri Browne
Benefits And Barriers: An Exploratory Study Of Nephrology Social Work Field Education, Teri Browne
Benefits And Barriers: An Exploratory Study Of Nephrology Social Work Field Education, Teri Browne
Teri Browne
No abstract provided.
The Relationship Between Social Networks And Pathways To Kidney Transplant Parity: Evidence From Black Americans In Chicago, Teri Browne
Teri Browne
No abstract provided.