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Transitions of Care
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Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile: Building Bridges Through Transitions of Care

BY TEENA CHOPRA, MD, MPH, MATHEW LEPERA, DO, AND GLENN TILLOTSON, PhD BACKGROUND Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection is the number one cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. Additionally, it is increasingly a cause of gastrointestinal illness in the community, with more than one-third of all U.S. infections occurring outside the hospital setting. There are approximately…

Legacy Leaders
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A Conversation With Tara N. Adams, LCSW, CCM

BY ANNE LLEWELLYN, MS, BHSA, RN, BC, CCM, CRRN Each month in the Legacy Leaders column, we meet a case management leader recommended by one of the past presidents of CMSA. The goal is to share information on up-and-coming leaders in case management who have contributed to the practice of case…

Association News
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Association News: THE CASE MANAGER’S PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

THE CASE MANAGER’S PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY CMSA supports the professional growth of our members and the entire case manager community throughout their career. Each destination in a case manager’s career is a critical step in their educational journey, with each step building upon the previous one, creating a pyramid of knowledge…

Value-based care
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The Impact of Value-Based Social Care on Health Equity

BY DAWN V. GAY, MBA-HCM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAREADVISORS As value-based care programs are adopted across the country, it’s no surprise to healthcare providers that all predictions point to an increase in alternative payment models. Social care management that addresses economic stability, housing, food insecurity, employment and other social determinants of…

Health Literacy
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Health Literacy: Make Materials Work as Hard as You Do

BY SYLVIA ARUFFO, PhD “I tell all my patients how to do selfcare. It’s up to them whether they adhere or not.” This is the equality approach to patient education: Everyone gets the same instructions. More literate patients are likely to succeed. But patients with health literacy deficits are not. To…

President's Message
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Health Equity

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO, PhD, RN-BC, MBA, CCM, FACHE, FAAN This edition of CMSA Today explores health equity and how we can use evidence-based practice to improve access and quality healthcare delivery. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) notes that “reducing and eliminating health disparities…