BY PILAR SALCEDO AND LEONARDO ALBERTO SALAZAR ROJAS
The International Hospital of Colombia (HIC) has gained global recognition as a leader in cardiovascular health, distinguished for its excellence in innovative procedures, especially in the field of artificial heart implantation.
BY COLLEEN MORLEY-GRABOWSKI, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM
I am a LinkedIn aficionado. I love connecting with people and connecting people, and LinkedIn has increased my ability to do so exponentially. When CMSA first started discussing the creation of the International Special Interest Group (ISIG), I utilized LinkedIn to purposefully connect with case managers around the world and learn about how they work and impact their populations.
BY MARY MCLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC
Case managers are expert communicators and understand this is a skill essential to meet the CMSA Standards of Practice and effectively help patients navigate a complex health system (CMSA, 2022). They may meet their patients in person either in the acute or ambulatory care setting. Other case managers practice remotely and establish a relationship with patients via telephone or using other telecommunication tools. These skills honed over time, study and practice provide the basics of practice for case managers.
BY CAROL GARNER, RN, CCMSA
South Africa is a country on the tip of the African continent with a population of 60 million and a land mass the size of Texas. The healthcare structure is a combination of state-based care where every resident has access to basic healthcare; this involves long queues and waiting times, limited drugs and resources for 85% of the population. The remaining 15% is funded through private medical insurance or privately funded with access to first-world medical care equivalent to the best the world has to offer.
BY CAROL GARNER, RN, CCMSA A country no bigger than Texas, South Africa is filled with beauty and magnificence, from wildlife to mountain peaks, awesome beaches and the best winelands. It has a population of 60 million people of all races and diverse cultures. The onset of COVID-19 as a global…
BY MEGHAN MACDONALD, RSW, MSW, AND ANNA BOTTIGLIA, RN, BscN At present, close to 40% of Canadian veterans report difficulties transitioning from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to civilian life (LASS, 2019). Additionally, the literature on military transitions underlines the need for early intervention as critical to a member’s long-term transition success,…
BY JOHANN ACHIM BEIßEL, MHA How One Case Manager Took a Health Insurance Company from Payer to Player It is the role of the case manager to advocate for the patient, often going to extraordinary lengths to secure the necessary treatments. Here, Johann Achim Beißel, a health insurance-based case manager from…
BY FRANCINO AZEVEDO, PhD, MSN, RN CMSA’s 2021 Conference theme is “Staking a Claim in the New World.” What better way to kick off the conference than by sharing experiences and best practices from our colleagues around the globe? We know there may be differences in frameworks or processes, but our…