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Measurable Results: Leveraging Education to Support VHA Care Coordination Staff in the Western States Network Consortium

BY JUNE CALLASAN, MSN, RN, CCM, RUTH D. GRENOBLE, AM, LCSW, CCM, RACHELE MISITI, LCSW-S, CCM, AND CRIS M. WHITE, PhD
In the January 2023 issue of CMSA Today, we described the deployment of a regional, competency-based educational strategy designed to drive systemwide case management integration efforts within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Western States Network Consortium.

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Case Management Leads the Team in Transitions with Patients with Substance Abuse Disorder and Infective Endocarditis

BY BETSY STOVSKY, RN, MSN, AND MARY McLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, CCM
Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) due to opioid substance use disorder (SUD) and injection drug use (IDU) present to the acute care setting with a myriad of surgical, medical, psychiatric and social problems. The complexity of this patient population requires an experienced team of healthcare professionals to provide the care they need from admission to discharge. Case managers, as leaders in population health, patient advocacy and continuity of care, are important members of the multidisciplinary team to care for this patient population.

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COVID-19: Impacting Hospital Readmission With Focused Care Transition Calls

BY KATHLEEN (KATHY) PARRY, BSN, RN, CCM
The past 2 years have turned the healthcare industry upside down. The COVID-19 epidemic has impacted the industry in ways no one could have imagined. Rapid change in the healthcare environment meant switching from in-person work to remote work where case managers led the way by engaging patients as they transitioned through the delivery system from inpatient through the next level of care.

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