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COVID-19
How Does COVID-19 Affect Our Children?
BY JANET COULTER, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM, AND MARYANN OTT, RN, BSN, CCM, CPC The COVID-19 pandemic resembles a…
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Health Equity
Nurse-Patient Demographics and DEI
BY BENJAMIN J. FOSTER, MBA Healthcare disparities in the United States healthcare system have long been an issue. The disproportionate…
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Health Equity
More Than a Standard: DEI Woven Throughout Updated CMSA SoP
BY ALAN BOARDMAN, LMSW The CMSA Standards of Practice (SOP) is our professional creed. The SOP expresses our collective values,…
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Association News
Association News
It is our most favorite time of the year — National Case Management Week is October 9-15, 2022. It’s a…
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President's Message
The Intersection of Empathy and Health Disparity
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, MSN, BSN, NE-BC, CCM, FAAN Have you ever used design thinking? I recently did an academic…
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Healthcare information technology
An Electronic Road Trip: Visiting Evidence-Based Practice Resources, Part 1
BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM As the topic of this issue is Reducing Readmissions, I…
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Advocacy
Case Managers Collaborate with Patient Advocates to Improve Health Outcomes
BY JANET BEESTING NELSON, BSN, RN, BCPA As a hospital-based case manager, you work extremely hard to coordinate care between physicians,…
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Best Practices
Professional Case Managers as Exemplars Using the Quadruple Aim as a Measurement Framework for Quality Care
BY PATRICIA NOONAN, RN, MBA, CCM, FCM The impetus for quality care led by a national call to action to achieve…
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Care Coordination
Collaboration, Communication, Coordination: Moving to Build Consensus for Change
BY CHERI LATTIMER, RN, BSN The issues today surrounding changing healthcare models, diversity, equity and inclusion, technology advancement, policy directives, performance…
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Care Coordination
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…