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Case Manager Conversations: Strengthening Our Voice to Increase our Influence in Health Care
** RN and CCM ** In an article published in 2020 in CareManagement, Melanie Prince shared the knowledge and skills that case managers will need to be more present and...
Discipline-specific Ethical Opportunities and Challenges for Case Management Practice
** RN and CCM Ethics ** Health care practitioners are obligated and motivated by ethical practice. Ethical decisions balance moral principles with policy and...
Advocacy in Pain Management: The Case Manager's Role
** RN and CCM Ethics ** Pain is the leading cause of disability and the dramatic increase in opioid prescriptions within the last decade has contributed to the now...
Animal Therapy - the Key to Recovery and Support
** RN and CCM ** Animal assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and horses. Animals can provide a sense...
Rethinking Pain: Treating the Person AND the Injury
** RN and CCM ** Humans can respond to injury – physically, mentally and emotionally – in different ways. There is a newer approach emerging pushing healthcare...
Post-Discharge Engagement: The Key to Success in Value Based Purchasing
** RN and CCM ** Public and private sector payers continue to look to value-based purchasing and alternative payment models to reduce healthcare costs while improving...
Incorporating Collaboration Standards across the LTSS Continuum
** RN and CCM Ethics ** Collaborating with resource partners in the community to meet client needs exposes professional case managers to disparate communication and...
Legal Issues Affecting Hospital Case Managers
** RN and CCM Ethics ** Hospital nurse case managers work in many capacities (e.g., patient advocate, coordination of care, ensuring proper utilization), and many...
Utilizing Tech Tools to Identify and Prioritize Care Management Efforts
** RN and CCM ** Leaders of care management are well-positioned to guide their organizations to succeed in value-based care initiatives. However, as these...
Chronic Kidney Patients: Understanding How to Manage Their World
** RN and CCM Ethics ** Chronic kidney disease is one of the most difficult diseases to case manage. This is due to the absence of signs and symptoms, until the...
Transition of Nutrition Therapies from Acute Care to Home Care
** SW, RN, and CCM ** The overarching goal of this presentation is to highlight the unique considerations for discharge planning and recommend strategies to ensure a...
Surgical Treatment of Workplace Injury-Related Diaphragm Paralysis
** RN and CCM ** Patients with diaphragm paralysis are often led to believe that their only treatment options are nonsurgical therapy or diaphragm plication, neither...
Leveraging Non-Medical Home Care in Value Based Care
** SW, RN and CCM ** Many case managers may be familiar with the phrase value-based care, but many not be aware how non-medical homecare is being leveraged across the...
Ethical Considerations of Complex Discharges
** RN and CCM ** This presentation will review the principles of Bio Ethics and applying these principles to complex cases. Complex will include medical and Psycho...
The Value Proposition of Case Management Ethics: The 3 Cs and Ds
** RN and CCM Ethics ** What is the true value proposition for a case manager adherence to ethical practice? When every aspect of a case manager role is tied to...