Intervention through prevention: Effective for workers and employers Volume 109, Issue 1 This issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal features an article that evaluates how employers might benefit from paying for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) services for all employees. The authors determined that providing SBIRT services would be cost-effective overall by aiding worker attendance and productivity. Click on the cover to the left to open the new virtual Journal and read any of the articles below. The virtual Journal requires Flash software. To download Flash, click here. View the archived Wisconsin Medical Journal volumes here.

Editorial

Changes in store for the Wisconsin Medical Journal (PDF)
John J. Frey, III, MD

Original Contributions

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Wisconsin’s Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Program: Adding the Employer’s Perspective (PDF)
Andrew Quanbeck, MS; Katharine Lang; Kohei Enami; Richard L. Brown, MD, MPH

A Study of Clinician Adherence to Treatment Guidelines for Otitis Media with Effusion (PDF)
Stella U. Kalu, MD; Matthew C. Hall, MD

Trends in Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity in Wisconsin: A 6-Year Follow-Up (PDF)
Dana S. Henkel, MS, PA-C; Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH; Jessica K. Athens, MS; Jon C. Gould, MD

Brief Report

Pilot Study of Adolescent Attitudes Regarding Ski or Snowboard Helmet Use (PDF)
Andrew R. Peterson, MD; M. Alison Brooks, MD, MPH

Case Report

All Red is Not Always Bacterial Cellulitis: A Case of Löfgren’s Syndrome (PDF)
Gagan Kumar, MD; Nilay Kumar, MD, MPH

Your Profession

Proceedings from the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Wisconsin Chapter (PDF)

Your Society

Society’s ‘Leadership 15’ using WHIO data to find areas to reduce cost, improve quality (PDF)
Tim Bartholow, MD

2009 Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Fellowship Report
The CHILD Project: Connecting Health Insurance with Lunch Data (PDF)
Michelle Yang, Medical College of Wisconsin


2009 WisMedPac Donors

Call for Papers, Reviewers

Thank You to Our Reviewers

2009 Foundation Donors

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