BY VALERIE LINZEY, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Primary care practices are faced with many challenges when their patients are admitted or visit an outside facility or hospital. One of the major problems is a breakdown of communication when patients are discharged from the health facility or hospital and need to follow with primary care.
BY KEEMIA VAGHEF, PhD, KERRI WIZNER, MPH, AND PAUL M. JACOBSON, JR., BS
Receiving timely, accurate and complete information supports case managers in their duty to patients for coordinating care, supporting return to activity and advocating for improved health.
BY ANUJA MOHLA, DO, MBA, CHCQM-PHYADV
Physician advisor leadership, in conjunction with case management expertise, can be an effective tool in discharge planning to manage length of stay in an acute care setting.
BY CHERI LATTIMER, RN, BSN
The issues today surrounding changing healthcare models, diversity, equity and inclusion, technology advancement, policy directives, performance measures and interprofessional teamwork demand that we collaborate through various venues whether they are collaboratives, coalitions, care teams, partnerships, alliances or joint efforts
BY NICOLE BERMAN, RN, MSN, CCM, WITH MARY MCLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CCM
Intellectual disability (ID) is the most common developmental disability, diagnosed when a person has particular limitations in cognitive functioning and skills, including communication, social and self-care skills.
BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, RN, MSN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CPHM, CMAC
To better understand what is required to develop the specialized skills to work at the world-renowned Boston’s Children’s Hospital, CMSA Today invited three case managers from this prestigious center designed to treat pediatric patients from birth to adulthood, with acute to chronic pediatric care conditions.
BY ANGIE LABRECK, MSN, RN, CPN, ACM
Pediatric nursing is wonderfully unique. We get the opportunity — no — we are encouraged to step outside the box every day with every patient. Florence Nightingale has been quoted as saying that “nursing is a fine art,” and I add that pediatric nursing is the finest of those arts.
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 FRANK MICCICHE Certainty is, to say the least, a limited commodity these days. But a genuine consensus across healthcare has emerged that telehealth, done right, can be an important tool for providing care more effectively to more people. And tracking the quality of the care provided via telehealth is imperative.…
BY REBECCA PEREZ, MSN, RN, CCM “The most expensive and challenging populations found in the current healthcare system will remain underserved until there is a unified effort rather than small incremental steps to improve care for the nation’s high needs patients.” —National Academy of Medicine Care provided to individuals with complex health…