The CMSA Foundation Board of Directors and Strategic Advisory Committee have been working hard to develop a strategic plan to support and promote case management research and process improvement. The past two years have been difficult for everyone, and case managers have had to shift and adapt processes to meet…
MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US IN PERSON FOR THE 2022 CMSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPO Make plans to join us for the CMSA 2022 CMSA Annual Conference & Expo, “Forging a Path to the Future of Case Management,” June 1-4, 2022, in Florida. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome…
SHERRY L. ALIOTTA, RN, BC, BSN, CCM ASSOCIATION NEWS: CMSA had a great time celebrating case managers for National Case Management Week, October 10-16, 2021, but we need more than just a week to acknowledge everything you do! Thank you for your tireless work to improve the lives of your…
Navigating The Journey to Health It’s time to get ready to celebrate YOU, our profession and the impact we have made together. This past year continued to challenge us in ways we never imagined, to bridge expansive gaps in our patients’ journeys to health. For case managers, the journey drives…
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 ADRIANA PARRALES, MSW OVERVIEW Equity is a principle that has long been discussed and fought for within the U.S. healthcare system. Ensuring that all individuals have equal access to quality care is at the core of every hospital’s mission. What hospitals have found is that putting equity into practice can…
CMSA’s Standards of Practice for Case Management serves as a unifying force for professional case management practice by providing a common understanding and application of the case management role, process and expectations. The CMSA Standards of Professional Case Management Practice online course is made up of 16 online modules and designed to enhance knowledge…
A SNAPSHOT OF OUR 2021 ACTIVITIES WINTER 2021 Officers Call for Nominations—December 2020 Annual Conference Sessions Launched in ERL—January 2021 CMSA Award Nominations Due—Early February Case Load Calculator Survey Launched CMSA Foundation Awards: CMPI and CMR ICM Training Scholarship Margaret Leonard Public Policy Grant SPRING 2021 CMSA Officer Elections—March CMSA…
BY KATHY DRISCOLL, RN, CCM As a growing body of research continues to point to the increasing impact of external factors on people’s health, the healthcare industry is also evolving in the way it delivers care.1 Case managers stand at the forefront of this evolution. Case managers understand how often-overlooked factors such…
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, MSN, BSN, NE-BC, CCM And these days, they are the loudest voices in the room…in the best of ways! “Daddy, can we go eat at the Door Dash restaurant instead of Door Dash man bringing our food to the house?” Uber Eats, Zoom Bomb, talking to grandma and grandpa…