Essential Case Management Practices Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: Part 2: End-of-Life Care, Workers' Compensation Case Management, Legal and Ethical Obligations, Remote Practice, and Resilience
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Essential Case Management Practices Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: Part 2: End-of-Life Care, Workers' Compensation Case Management, Legal and Ethical Obligations, Remote Practice, and Resilience
Conclusions
The COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a crisis case managers and other health care professionals never faced something like it before. At the same time, it has provided opportunities for innovation and creativity including use of digital and telecommunication technology in new ways to ensure the continued delivery of health and human services to those who need them regardless of location. It has also resulted in the development of necessary and impactful partnerships within and across different health care organizations and diverse professional disciplines. Most importantly, this pandemic has required ...
Source: Professional Case Management - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Essential Case Management Practices Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: Part 1: Tele-Case Management, Surge Capacity, Discharge Planning, and Transitions of Care
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Essential Case Management Practices Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: Part 1: Tele-Case Management, Surge Capacity, Discharge Planning, and Transitions of Care
Conclusions
The COVID-19 global pandemic crisis has brought an unprecedented challenge to professional case managers and health care professionals. It also has provided opportunities for innovation and partnerships within and across health care organizations and the various care settings where patients/support systems access necessary services. Most importantly, it created a renewed interest in telehealth and facilitated a wider adoption of such approach to care delivery than ever before. This pandemic has also increased the use of nontraditional sites of care, most importantly those that operate virtually on electronic ...
Source: Professional Case Management - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
COVID-19 Time Capsule 1: DATE: March 15, 2020
This Editorial will be the first of COVID-19 Time Capsule. This one is dated on March 15, 2020, but will not publish until the September–October 2020 issue. Time Capsule 2 will come out in about 2 months. Consider them “historical” documents—snapshots in time. (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments Source Type: research
Data Sharing for Case Management Practice and Evaluation: Using Standardized Terminology
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Case Management Matters Source Type: research
New Decade's Urgent Health Care Challenges Spotlight Increasing Role of Professional Case Managers
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: CCMC News and Views Source Type: research
I'm a Case Manager and I Vote!
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Legal & Regulatory Issues Source Type: research
Revisiting Five Disciplines in Case Management
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: The HeartBeat of Case Management Source Type: research
Renewal and New Beginnings
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: CMSA Highlights Source Type: research
Serious Illness Conversations: A Case Management Quality Improvement Project
Conclusions:
Educational Program: Ninety-five percent of the RN and SW case managers reported that that the educational module objectives were met to a moderate or great extent. One hundred percent of the participants reported that the format to deliver the program was effective, the content of the program was directly relevant to their clinical practice, and they would change their practice because of learning/understanding the content in the program. Educational program pretest scores ranged from 46.2% to 84.6%, with posttest scores ranging from 69.2% to 100%. A paired-samples t test demonstrated a statistically signif...
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Understanding the Impacts of Caregiver Stress
Conclusions:
Caregiver stress can lead to multiple negative outcomes including declines in physical health, increased mental health concerns, and overall decreased quality of life. Caregiver stress also leads to increased financial costs to the person, family, and health care systems, making it a public health issue. Recognizing caregiver stress is the initial step to identifying those in need of support and to providing quality care. Fortunately, caregiver stress can be prevented or reduced using a culturally competent multidimensional approach to addressing social determinants of health and unmet physical, psychologica...
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Evolving Role of the Professional Case Manager: A National Study From the Commission for Case Manager Certification: Part 2
No abstract available (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: CE Test Source Type: research
The Evolving Role of the Professional Case Manager: A National Study From the Commission for Case Manager Certification: Part 2
Purpose:
The purpose of the national role and function study was to identify the essential activities and necessary knowledge areas for effective professional case management practice from the perspective of those directly involved. The study also aimed to inform the relevance and currency of the blueprint for the case management certification examination.
Primary Practice Settings:
The national study covered the diverse case management practices and/or work settings across the full continuum of health and human services and numerous professional disciplines.
Methodology and Sample:
This cross-sectional descriptive...
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Informing the Professional Case Manager's Career Path: Five Lessons
Professional case management's career path offers countless opportunities to pursue, from attainment of the highest levels of licensure and credentialing to education, and that terminal degree. Defining each point of the journey and individual milestones warrants keen attention to a number of areas. All of these decisions and options evolve in response to the industry landscape, as well as professional and personal development. Five key lessons provide case managers clear starting points to consider the most appropriate career path to travel amid a landscape marked by constant change. (Source: Professional Case Management)
Source: Professional Case Management - May 28, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Departments: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
