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Mindful Breathing Exercise
To stay peacefully productive amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak, try this simple mindful breathing exercise that will help you develop a sense of calm and focus

Embracing Adversity: Connecting with Negative Emotions by Stepping Back from Them
Research suggests that it’s beneficial for us to reflect on and process our negative feelings. What happens sometimes though, is that we tend to think a lot about these negative feelings, and we get trapped in a repetitive loop of painful thoughts.

Calm Amidst the Chaos – Taking Care of Ourselves & Others When Things are Stressful
Faced with fear and uncertainty, Carisk Partners is bringing care, connection and resilience at a time when we all need it most. Learn healthy tips to cope, ways to support others, and practical resources for you, your family, and your organization to find Calm Amidst the Chaos.

7 Ways to Help Someone With Anxiety
Knowing how anxiety works can help you to better support loved ones without inadvertently making their anxiety worse. Read the full article here: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_help_someone_with_anxiety

5 Ways Front Line Claims Staff Can Take an Advocacy-Based Approach to Claims Handling
By: David Vittoria, SVP, Clinical Business & Product Development at Carisk Partners Early adopters of advocacy-based workers’ compensation models have been shown to positively impact programs and influence employee satisfaction and engagement. Here’s how to make...

Defining Meaningful Patient Engagement: How Keeping Patients Motivated and Fully Engaged in Their Recovery Process Improves Outcomes
Having a patient be active in their recovery after a work injury engages them in the process and bolsters workers' compensation results. When a person suffers a serious physical injury at work, the nature of a catastrophic event can have as much of an emotional impact...

Following the Data: EBM, Interdisciplinary Healthcare and Workers’ Compensation
IAIABC Perspectives : Perspectives on Evidence-Based Medicine (November 2019). by Alana Letourneau, M.D., MBA, Senior Vice President, Clinical Strategy Over half of Americans report that they rely on their “gut intuition” to make decisions. In workers’...

The Worst Injuries Demand an Integrated Pathway 2 Recovery. Here’s What That Looks Like
For the best workers' comp outcomes, take care of an injured worker's body and mind. No injury exists in a vacuum, and recovery is never just a matter of healing a broken body part. Because physical health is inextricably linked with mental health, getting better...

THE EVER EVOLVING ROLE OF THE CTO IN 2020 AND BEYOND – ARE YOU READY?
By: Allen H. Spokane, Chief Technology Officer of Carisk Partners As Bob Dillon once said just a few years ago, “The Times They Are a Changing” and this statement reflects the current state of IT to perfection. So many topics that only a relatively short time ago...

This Senior VP of Sales Says Delayed Recovery Is One of the Biggest Challenges in Workers’ Comp
Michael Rydman of Carisk cites the opioid epidemic and mental health conditions as two major reasons why some claims turn uncontrollable. Risk & Insurance® interviewed Michael Rydman regarding his recent move to Carisk Partners as senior vice president of sales....