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Recognizing thought leaders advancing the practice through excellence By Amy Black, Executive Director of CMSA To elevate the professionalism of case management and advance the Standards of Practice, CMSA is proud to announce the launch of a unique, new program to...

By Hussein M. Tahan, PhD, RN, FAAN Chair, CMSA Membership Committee As you celebrate National Case Management Week this year, I invite you to engage in three strategic activities (3Rs): Reflect, Recognize, and Re-envision. These should provide you with opportunities...

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...

By Martha Pressley-Turner, RN, CMGT-BC, MS, LCCE, FACCE Last year I was losing hair from the stress of not being able to help my colleagues in New York City ICUs.  I did not have the needed skills and have learned to help in other ways through volunteer agencies.  My...

By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM Is this an episode of The Twilight Zone?  Imagine, if you will, a village for people with dementia. Have we crossed over to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind…a journey into a wondrous land of...

By Trina Mays BSN, RN, 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...

Technology has been a hot topic in recent discussions around case management practice.  How one embraces technology has ranged from necessary adaption to “let’s do more”.  I have heard lamentations of “Zoomed Out” (no disparagement to Zoom company intended) to...

By Robin Shapiro The primary role of a health advocate is to help patients find the best care possible and to help people have more choice, control (and therefore) power over their medical life.  As this field of health advocacy has emerged, we have identified three...

By Dennis A. Robbins Ph.D., M.P.H. and Bob Raleigh Ph.D. 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 would anyone turn their back on a cure for one of...