BY TRINA MAYS, RN, BSN, CCM, CRC I haven’t worked at the bedside in a while. Like many nurses, I began my career in a hospital and was able to work intimately with thousands of different people. Bedside nursing was challenging and fulfilling, but after several years, I needed a change.…
BY DENNIS A. ROBBINS, PhD, MPH, AND ROBERT RALEIGH, PhD As with any identifiable group that shares a point of view on a topic of interest, the capacity to understand why people do what they do is often a mystery. Why anyone would turn their back on a cure for one the…
BY MICHELLE BRUSIO, MSN, RN, CCM As case managers, we know the importance of assessing our patients for current needs as well as future heath needs. We ensure that our patients have access to a primary care provider, an appointment scheduled after an admission, a completed medication reconciliation and no barriers…
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 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…
BY CORIN L. SCHNEIDER, MHA, MSN, RN, ACM-RN, AND DR. TIFFANY VICTOR-CASTLEBERRY, DNP, MSN, BA, RN, ACM-RN There is no doubt that COVID-19 has necessitated an environment of rapid change in the healthcare landscape, driving patient care delivery systems beyond traditional management of length of stay, bed capacity, and slower adoption of…
2021 CMSA Annual Conference Moves to Virtual: June 7-10, 2021 With the continuing threat of COVID-19 and the related government restrictions including those on travel and gathering size for meetings, the CMSA Board of Directors has been forced to move the 2021 Hybrid Annual Conference to a complete virtual format.…
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 JOSE ALEJANDRO, PhD, RN-BC, MBA, CCM, ACM, FACHE, FAAN Each month, one of the past presidents of CMSA will highlight a case manager they see as a leader in the practice. Each of these professionals is making an important contribution to the practice and has inspired colleagues, patients, families and…
BY FRANK J. PENEDO, PhD GROWING USE OF EHEALTH IN PATIENT CARE Over the past several decades, there has been a growing interest in how to capitalize on advances in information technology to provide remote quality and patient-centered care to cancer patients and survivors. eHealth or telehealth are broad terms used…