cover story one
Perfect Occupancy
Why everyone needs coordinated care
By JESSE BETHKE GOMEZ, MMA
According to the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2020 estimates, there are 875,566 adults over 65 years of age and 603,886 people with disabilities in Minnesota. The State Demographer’s Office estimates that by 2030 the number of older adults will grow to over 1,260,000. Even adjusting for the fact that 30% of older adults also have some kind of disability, this still means that over 20% of our population is either older, with disabilities or both.
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Treating Spinal Cord Injuries: Developing a new model of care
BY LESLIE MORSE, DO
According to the Administration for Community Living (ACL), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there is an ongoing need for research that can improve services and outcomes for people with spinal cord injury (SCI)–research that can improve health and function, community living and employment. ACL statistics indicate there are approximately 296,000 individuals living with SCI in the United States; the average age of injury is 43.
Pain Management
Cervical Radiculopathy: Diagnosis and treatment
BY BAYARD C. CARLSON, MD
Cervical radiculopathy is a clinical diagnosis that involves pain, numbness or tingling that starts in a patient’s neck and radiates down the arm. Pain is the most typical symptom encountered; however, patients can complain of sensory or motor deficits as well. The symptom pattern classically follows a dermatomal pattern in which the symptoms are isolated to the area of a specific cervical nerve root; however, atypical presentations are often encountered.
interview
The Architecture of Creating New Knowledge
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD
Center for Learning Health System Sciences
Medicine and the law
COVID-19 Litigation: Cases and Defenses
BY Sandra M. Cianflone, J.D.
It’s been more than two years since the world was besieged by the coronavirus pandemic that disrupted our lives in ways big and small as the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) raced across continents.
Senior Care
Connected Communities: Aging well in greater Minnesotas
BY MARK ANDERSON, MBA, CEO
Minnesota is now home to one million older adults, approximately 20% of our state’s population. By 2030, one quarter of Minnesotans will be over 65. As CEO of Knute Nelson, a senior services provider based in Alexandria, I see these demographics directly affecting my rural community.
