RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Doug Lewis

Published "Don"t Get Shipwrecked in an Ocean of Ethics", Mid-America Conference on Hearing Official Magazine, Fall 2007. 

Published "Navigating in an Ocean of Ethics", Advance for Audiologists Magazine, November-December. 2007.

Published "Risks, Rewards, and Retribution". Co-Authored with Kathy Foltner, Au.D and The Advance for Audiologist Magazine, May - June 2007.

Published "Healthcare Practitioners and Professional Practice: Don't Get Shipwrecked in an Ocean of Ethics", Educational Audiology Association Winter Magazine, January 2007.

 Published "Your Employment Handbook: Crux or Curse", Mid-America Conference on Hearing Official Magazine, Fall, 2006

 Published "An Overview of Law Issues for the Hearing Healthcare Professional", The Hearing Professional, Official Journal of the International Hearing Society, May-June, 2006.

 Published "Indispensible Insight for the Hearing Aid Dispenser", Mid-America Conference on Hearing Official Magazine, Fall 2005.

 Doctoral Dissertation "A Corporate Compliance Program for a Rural Healthcare Hospital System", completed for Doctorate of Health Services Administration Degree (Ph.D) at Kennedy-Western University, Agoura Hills, California.  Copyrighted and referenced in the National Library of Congress, May 2005.

 Editor and Writer from December 2001 to November 2004 for "Vital Signs" Quarterly newsletter produced by Highland District Hospital, Hillsboro, Ohio with circulation in surrounding counties.  Contributing Editor of "The PICC Line" column in the 'Vital Signs" newsletter and focusing upon a variety of topics including Performance Improvement, Corporate Compliance, Infection Control, Regulatory, Licensure, and Accreditation topics, HIPAA and Legal Issues, Healthcare Practitioner Credentialing, Case Management, Coding and DRG"s and numerous quality-related issues.  One particular focused upon the Newborn Infant Hearing Screening mandated for initiation by the State of Ohio effective 06/30/2004.

 Editor and Writer from March 1998 to December 2001 for Quarterly Newsletter produced by Ohio Rehab & Diagnostic Center, Lancaster, Ohio.  Focused upon numerous topics including Audiology, hearing and balance, Durable Medical Equipment, Performance Improvement, Corporate Compliance, HIPAA, and various healthcare legal issues, Cardiac Rehab, Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine, and other Cardiopulmonary health issues.

 Participant, National Health Law Writing Competition sponsored by Epstein, Becker, and Green, LPA, Washington D.C.  Paper entitled "Legal Ramifications of Human Sleep Disorders: A New and Developing Area of Law", April 1999.  Paper also satisfied requirements for Dissertation-level research for completion of Law Degree at Capital University Law School, May 1999.

 Published "Nutritional Supplement use During Medication Administration, Selected Case Studies", November 1998 edition of Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly.

 Published "Gaining Strength:  Supplements Revisited", September 1998 edition of Nursing Management Magazine.

 Published "A Medication Pass Supplement Program for Nutritionally Compromised Residents", Summer 1997 edition of the Gerontological Nutritionist Newsletter.

 Published articles in the 1995 Spring and Fall issues of A to Z Magazine, a trade journal sponsored by the Association of Polysomnographic Technologists (APT).

 Published "A Hearing Conservation Program for High School Level Students", The Hearing Journal, March 1989

 Published "A Survey of Hospital Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Programs", The Hearing Journal, March 1988.