BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, RN, MSN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CPHM Nurses and social workers have been drawn to the travel case management field during the pandemic to help fill a need to quickly transition trained case managers into vacant slots in acute care and throughout the continuum of care. Case managers…
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 CHARLES WHITE, EdD, MBA CASE MANAGEMENT DEMAND FACTORS A perfect storm continues to intensify because of our existing shortage of registered nurses, limited nursing faculty, BSN entry requirements and the effects of the pandemic. As Haas et al. (2020) described, the fragility and vulnerability of our nursing workforce have been…
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, MSN, BSN, NE-BC, CCM, FAAN I always look forward to sharing my thoughts with each of you via the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) President’s message for CMSA Today. For this edition, I experienced a dilemma: struggling with so many things to say, and yet not…
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…
BY MARY MCLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CCM Each month, we will look at a case management leader recommended by one of our past CMSA presidents. Each one has contributed to the practice of case management and inspired others to step up and become leaders in their area of case management.…
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…
BY LINDA O’DONNELL, RN, BSN, MHA, CMAC, SUZANNE MILLER, RN, MSN, ACM AND NICHOLAS ENGELHARDT, MBA The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented change to the U.S. healthcare system, as well as our care management team. It required quick adaptation in order to keep our staff and patients safe, avoid caregiver burnout, maintain job…
BY JIM PUENTE, MS, MJ, CAE, AND MAGGIE BIENIEK, BA The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated headlines for months, bringing into sharp focus the impact it has had on the healthcare workforce. Increased demand for nurses and medical professionals has brought the healthcare delivery system to the front line of the pandemic, and…