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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #118 - Recorded October 12, 2007

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of HealthBeat, Chiropractic OnLine Today’s Health, News and informational Podcast.

In this week’s news:  We’ll Look At –

• CCGPP releases wellness chapter draft

• World Spine Day to be held Oct. 16

• N.J. Supreme Court to hear scope-of-practice case

• And Finally, Chiropractic  Corner continues last week’s Interview with Dr. John Cerf, discussing Chiropractic and Hospitals

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #118, recorded October 12, 2007.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

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And Now for some news ….

CCGPP releases wellness chapter draft

The Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP) has posted a draft of the wellness chapter titled “Chiropractic Management of Prevention and Health Promotion; Non-musculoskeletal Conditions; and Conditions of the Elderly, Children, and Pregnant Women—Draft” for review and commentary at www.ccgpp.org. The draft was posted Sept. 1.

The chapter addresses issues of achieving and maintaining wellness through care by chiropractic doctors. It was written by CCGPP Commission Chair Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, CHES, and her team. 

The chapter covers special populations most commonly treated by DCs. 

It is the second chapter to be released in the ongoing best practices initiative of the CCGPP, as commissioned by its founding organizations. This latest chapter utilizes an improved format developed to make the information more user-friendly for the profession; however, it should be noted this chapter represents only the literature synthesis.

Future projects are planned to translate this evidence into useful information, which will then be published in its final form as the Clinical Chiropractic Compass.

The 60-day comment period on this wellness chapter draft began Sept.1. Comments should be submitted in an electronic format to ccgpp@sc.rr.com and include a discussion of the conclusions, submission of additional literature for review, and editorial suggestions.

The CCGPP anticipates releasing the “Upper Extremity” evidence synthesis Oct. 1 for its 60-day review and comment period. Additional chapters will follow thereafter. 

The “Low Back” evidence synthesis was the first chapter released in May 2006. That chapter is currently being revised based on the feedback received during its commentary period, and it will be re-released for review later this year.

Surf to www.ccgpp.org for more information.

World Spine Day to be held Oct. 16

Doctors of Chiropractic will have the opportunity to promote spinal health and wellness Oct. 16, 2007, in celebration of World Spine Day.

In collaboration with the Bone and Joint Decade, DCs can teach spinal exercises and make lifestyle recommendations to educate the public about chiropractic.

The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) is urging all state associations and affiliates to support the initiative by promoting World Spine Day to the doctors in their respective organizations.

Promotional materials can be found on the COCSA Web site at www.cocsa.org/pubs/resources/88_1958_13551.cfm

Comments, suggestions, or questions about participating in the event can be directed to Dr. Stephen Simonett at simochiro@aol.com or Dr. Ron Kirk at rkirk@life.edu

Surf to our Show Notes for related contact links.

http://chiroeco.com/news/2007/September/World-Spine-Day-Held-Oct-16.php

N.J. Supreme Court to hear scope-of-practice case

In continuing our coverage of NJ Chiropractors fighting to regain their full Scope of Practice, the New Jersey Supreme Court will hear arguments that could re-establish their scope of practice in the state to include extremity adjusting. The court will also review materials not originally introduced into testimony in the original trial.

On Sept. 25, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Bedford vs. Riello case, which, in April 2007, resulted in a ruling from a panel of the appellate court that rendered extremity adjustments outside the legal scope of chiropractic practice in New Jersey.

In the original case, an Ocean County woman alleged she suffered torn cartilage because of adjustments on her left knee in 1999. In the original trial, the plaintiff asked the judge to rule that New Jersey chiropractors not be permitted by law to adjust outside of the spinal column.

The judge denied the request. Consequently, the plaintiff’s expert witness was barred from testifying. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed, and the ruling of the appellate panel favored the plaintiff. (See “N.J. court strikes down extra-spinal adjustments,” www.chiroeco.com/Bedford for more information.)

Following the appellate division’s lead, the Supreme Court also initially refused to consider these same materials by denying a motion to expand the record on appeal. In its brief, the NJ Chiropractic group, the ANJC, stressed the importance of considering close to 20 years of public session comments made by both the Board of Medical Examiners, which first authorized extremity adjustments in the early 1980s, and the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

The Supreme Court reversed its previous decision and decided to expand the record to include these materials.

Final disposition of the case is expected within two to three months.

Surf to our Show Notes for links to read more about this important story:

www.anjc.info

http://chiroeco.com/news/2007/April/SpinalAdjust.php

Chiropractic Corner – In this edition of COT HealthBeat’s Chiropractic Corner, we present Part 2 of an Interview with Dr. John Cerf.  Dr. Cerf has been involved with practicing in the Emergency Room of a NJ Hospital for nearly 10 years.  In this portion of the interview, Dr. Cerf continues to discuss how the individual chiropractor and the profession as a whole can progress to working in a hospital and multidisciplinary setting.

Surf to www.hospitaldc.com for more information.

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