Great Video put together by the West Hartford Group.
2012 Children's Home and Aid Toy Drive
Children Home Aid
We are proud to announce that Chicago Spine + Sports had teamed up with Children's Home + Aid for their Annual Toy Drive for the 3rd year!
We would love it if you could stop off at the office and drop off a small toy to make their Christmas special.
Recognition For Providing Quality Back Pain Care
DR. DOUGLAS KREBS RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR PROVIDING QUALITY BACK PAIN CARE
Back Pain Recognition Program focuses on high-value, patient-centered care.
WASHINGTON-National committee for quality assurance (NCQA) today announced that Dr. Douglas Krebs of Chicago has received Recognition from the Back Pain Recognition Program (BPRP) for providing superior care to his patient's suffering from low back pain.
The Back Pain Recognition program is designed to improve the quality care to the nearly 30 million Americans who experience low back pain, and by motivating other clinicians and chiropractors to document and improve the delivery of spinal care. To receive recognition, which is valid for two years, Dr. Douglas Krebs submitted data demonstrating performance that meets the Program's key measures. These measures include appropriate imaging for acute back pain and recommendation for exercise, among others.
Back pain is among the most common ailments in America. Each year, nearly 1 in 9 Americans experience pain severe enough to impair their usual daily activities. Treatment costs total approximately $91 billion a year and accounts for 25 percent of all workers' compensation claims. The BPPR is the first independent program to systematically evaluate back pain care. NCQA developed the program's requirements from widely excepted medical evidence with significant input from back pain specialist, and health plan and employer representatives. BPPR-Recognized clinicians provide patients with the care that best meets their needs, restores health and mobility and avoids unnecessary treatment and procedures.
“Needless imaging and procedures provide no real benefit to patients who suffer from back pain,” said Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance. "By earning recognition, Chicago Spine and Sports has demonstrated that they consistently provide proven, evidenced-based case to their patient's with low back pain.”
To find out if your physician has been recognized by the Back Pain Recognition Program or for further information, please visit www.NCQA.org\BPRP.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2010, NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies as a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes conditions and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Sets (HEDIS ®) is the most widely use performance measured tool in health care. NCQA is committed to providing healthcare quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care providers and researchers.
Back at School
Healthy Results is pleased to announce Robyn L Kretschy’s return to higher education. This week, August 22, 2011, Kretschy has reunited with her alma mater, University of Illinois at Chicago, where she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Physiology. The School of Kinesiology accepted Kretschy into the Masters/PhD program of Biomechanics, working under Dr. Mark Grabiner. Kretschy will be working on a theses project in the research lab of fall prevention, (http://www.uic.edu/ahs/biomechanics/). This will enhance Kretschy’s clinical career as her clients and future clients will benefit from her projected research. The department of kinesiology has also invited Kretschy to join UIC as a Teaching Assistant. She is co-instructing alongside Dr. John Coumbe-Lilley, the class Instructional Techniques in Fitness. Kretschy is thrilled to have this opportunity to educate future fitness professionals by bridging the gap between the lessons of the classroom and those in the clinical setting.
Dr. Krebs Takes on a Local Celebrity
Krebs and Chiaverini
Krebs and Chiaverini 1
Dr. Douglas Krebs took part in the Girls on the Run Associate Board Bags Tournament, held at John Barleycorn's Wrigleyville location. Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development.
Dr. Krebs of Chicago Spine + Sports was paired up against Ryan Chiaverini of Windy City Live! It was a hard fought battle, but there were no winners or losers because it is for charity! Dr. Krebs is an active member of the Girls on the Run Associate Board. We would like to thank Ryan for coming out and supporting Girls on the Run!
GOTR Associate Board