Delayed Recovery

Delayed Recovery

Delayed Recovery: What Works

March 27, 2001
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Wyndham Emerald Plaza, San Diego, California
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CEUs

Christopher R. Brigham, MD, MMS, FACOEM, FAADEP, CIME

Norma J. Leclair, RN, PhD

Gideon Letz, MD, MPH

Program Summary

Delayed recovery results in enormous financial and human costs in the workers' compensation, personal injury, and disability arenas. At this unique pre-conference, you will learn how to prevent and manage delayed recovery. This learning experience is designed for individuals and organizations dealing with delayed recovery, including: physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, health care organizations, employers, and case managers.

All the topics and presentations are based on best practices, supported by scientific literature and/or expert consensus. It will be an exceptional learning experience.

Attendees will participate in frank discussions and problem solving. They will take away practical cost-effective advice that they can use immediately.

The faculty will discuss the scope of the problem, review the current scientific literature, and provide cost-effective practical strategies. A consistent learning design with visual support is utilized for each presentation. The conference syllabus will contain specific learning objectives, presentation outlines, references to the latest scientific literature, and practical resource tools.

All-Inclusive Registration Fee

The tuition of $295.00 will include a seminar manual, continental breakfast, all sessions, seminar proceedings, and exceptional networking opportunities. This investment should result in multifold returns. Click here for registration information.

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What Will You Accomplish By Attending?

Following the participation in the conference, you will be able to:

Identify those individuals with high risk for delayed recovery and needless disability
Prevent delayed recovery, in many instances
Develop early intervention strategies that work
Implement techniques for optimizing time to recovery
Effectively manage problematic diagnoses and difficult cases
Develop closing strategies for costly cases

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this event, you will be able to:

Explain delayed recovery and associated concepts
List risk factors for delayed recovery
Identify characteristics that distinguish high-performers from those needlessly disabled
Explain the ten most difficult and important delayed recovery challenges
Describe solutions to these challenges

SCHEDULE:

Schedule
7:30-8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30	Late Registration (Subject to availability)
8:30-8:45	Welcome
	Identify the objectives, learning strategies, and significance of the conference
8:45-9:30	Delayed Recovery: Concepts, Costs, and Challenges
	Define delayed recovery, impairment, disability, somatization, illness behavior, symptom magnification, malingering, and associated terms Explain clearly a conceptual basis for delayed recovery Identify the costs due to delayed recovery, including financial (direct and indirect) and personal Describe the challenges associated with delayed recovery Discuss the gap which exists between our current and ideal models in managing disability
9:30-10:15	Delayed Recovery: Risks and Red Flags
	Explain risk factors for delayed recovery, including medical, psychological, psychosocial, occupational, and system related List red flags for cases and situations at high risk for delayed recovery
10:15-10:30	Break and Networking Opportunity
10:30-11:00	Prevention and Management of Delayed Recovery: Cost-Effective Strategies
	Explain a systematic cost-effective approach to reducing delayed recovery Discuss concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of needless disability and delayed recovery Discuss primary prevention approaches designed to minimize the occurrence of delayed recovery List attributes which promote a focus on performance and productivity (vs. disability), both as individuals and organizations Describe specific steps which can be taken in advance of an injury or illness to promote health and productivity
11:00-11:30	Preventing Delayed Recovery - Minimizing Risks
	Discuss primary prevention approaches designed to minimize the occurence of delayed recovery List attributes which promote a focus on performance and productivity (vs. disability), both as individuals and organizations Describe specific steps which can be taken in advance of an injury of illness to promote health and productivity
11:30-12:00	Early Intervention Strategies That Work - Managing the Individual and the System
	Describe specific cost-effective approaches to the initial management of the individual with a workers’ compensation or other disabling condition, including effective case management Identify the individual at risk for delayed recovery and explain how to manage this situation
12:00-1:30	Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:00	Diagnostic Testing and Delayed Recovery: Cost-Effective Approaches
	Discuss the problems and risks associated with inappropriate diagnostic Describe an appropriate strategy for diagnostic testing
2:00-2:45	High Risk Diagnoses: Challenges and Solutions for the "Infamous Three Letter Diagnoses"
	Identify the problematic diagnoses at risk for delayed recovery, including: CBP (chronic back pain), CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome), TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome), RSD (reflex sympathetic dystroph), CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), and MCS (multiple chemical hypersensitivity) Discuss the features seen in common with these diagnoses
2:45-3:00	Pain Management: Practical Cost-Effective
	List the problems often encountered with pain management Approaches Distinguish between useful and useless approaches Describe cost-effective approaches to pain management
3:00-3:15	Break and Networking Opportunity
3:15-3:45	Determining Fitness for Duty and Achieving Timely Return to Work
	Discuss the challenges encountered in defining impairment, function, ability, and return to work Discuss the appropriate use of functional capacity assessments Explain the role of disability duration guidelines Outline cost-effective approaches to achieving early return to appropriate work
3:45-4:30	Case Closure Strategies
	Explain how insurers, employers, attorneys, and health care providers can work together to close problem cases List specific case closure strategies
4:30-5:00	Outcomes and Data Management
	Explain how to use data to assess the outcome of your interventions
5:00-5:30	Panel Discussion and Concluding Remarks
	Synthesize and explain a systematic cost-effective approach to prevention and management of delayed recovery Implement specific actions to promote function, performance, and productivity