BY BETSY STOVSKY, RN, MSN, AND MARY McLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, CCM Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) due to opioid substance use disorder (SUD) and injection drug use (IDU) present to the acute care setting with a myriad of surgical, medical, psychiatric and social problems. The complexity of this patient population requires an experienced team of […]
BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, MSN, RN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CMAC, CPHM, FCM Over the last three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare providers have confused public health and population healthcare specializations. Both concepts are equally important to the field of case management but take different approaches to how to heal the wounds of a nation.
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BY KELVA EDMUNDS-WALLER, DNP, RN, CCM “In God we trust, all others bring data.” — W. Edwards Deming Some leaders need help implementing case management services in primary care settings. The benefit of case management to patients, providers and primary care teams is enormous, so it is unfortunate when implementation is unsuccessful. Multiple factors influence case
When Population Health Outcomes Are Not Reported — Toot Your Own Horn! Read More »
DISCOVERING SOLUTIONS — DRIVING CHANGE Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and digitally for the CMSA Annual Conference, June 27-30 in Las Vegas! It was an incredible week of learning, networking and fun. CMSA would like to recognize our incredible volunteers including our CMSA Board, committee members, chapter leadership, speakers, session volunteers
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BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Several years ago, while in my DNP population health class, I had a “discussion” with my instructor regarding the intersection of population health and the practice of professional case management. Her position was that population health and case management had no intersection and that I
BY ROGER ORSINI, MD, MBA, FACS, AND DENNIS ROBBINS, PhD, MPH COVID-19 vaccinations prevented 3.2 million deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations in the United States from December 2020 through November 2022 (Reference 1). Those averted medical expenses exceed $1.15 trillion. “Without vaccination, there would have been nearly 120 million more COVID-19 infections.” Without vaccination, the
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