by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog
By Marie Stinebuck MBA, MSN, ACM During the past three years, case managers have remained in the hospital as integral members of the healthcare team. As bed shortages were discussed on the news, at all hours of the day, case managers were working to develop safe...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 24, 2022 | Blog
By Michael G. Pringle, MPA After working in healthcare for 35 years, nursing leadership continues to disappoint. Poor support for frontline nursing staff from unit managers and failure by executive leadership to resolve persistent workplace problems like horizontal...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 13, 2022 | Blog
By Susan Plough, MSN, PHCNS-BC, CCM One of the darkest times in nursing history was during the pandemic. Bedside nurses and case managers alike very quickly burned out from caring for the sick. Long hours, short staffing, PPE requirements and constant changes in the...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog
By Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM I can remember when the movement of coordinating the progression of care became the hot topic for acute case management; suddenly, we moved from discharge planners to care coordinators with new titles and new models. It was around...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog
By Laura Ostrowsky, RN, CCM, MUP They say that case managers never retire. I don’t think that’s true. Just like any other group of people, some of us stop working and do other things such as traveling and playing bridge, mahjong, golf or tennis. Others explore new...