Case Management Advisor articles from November 2005

Case Management Advisor archives from November 2005

If you're not talking to patients, you're not doing case management.
November 1, 2005... If you're not talking to patients, you're not doing case management Clients should understand the roles of CMs in their care Nine years after an automobile accident left her a quadriplegic and seven years after she had a mastectomy...

Pioneer: Case managers are 'guardian angels'.(award to Mary Gambosh)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... Pioneer: Case managers are 'guardian angels' Gambosh receives Lifetime Achievement Award During a career that spanned four decades and began at a time when selling case management services "was like selling ice cubes to an Eskimo,"...

Program helps members lose weight, stay fit.(Premera Blue Cross program for employer groups)
November 1, 2005... Program helps members lose weight, stay fit Goal is to prevent and minimize chronic conditions Based on the success of a weight management program targeted at already obese employees of a major Northwest corporation, Premera Blue Cross...

Katrina: Unique challenges for displaced residents.
November 1, 2005... Katrina: Unique challenges for displaced residents CMS offers relief, associations coordinate volunteers The devastation and human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina is mind-boggling. While the television and radio talk shows were...

PA hospital says CPOE reduces drug errors.(computerized order entry system at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital)
November 1, 2005... PA hospital says CPOE reduces drug errors Decreases seen in improper dose, omissions A Pennsylvania hospital reports that it is seeing tremendous results from a computerized order entry system (CPOE), with an 85.7% decrease in improper...

Clinic intranet encourages doctors to report concerns.
November 1, 2005... Clinic intranet encourages doctors to report concerns New system also consolidates data collection When officials with the Everett (WA) Clinic wanted to change the organization's culture to emphasize patient safety, they realized that...

Case managers still are fighting to prove their value.
November 1, 2005... Case managers still are fighting to prove their value Challenges, opportunities are in the future Salaries for case management are increasing, but the vast majority of case managers are working far more than the traditional 40-hour week...

CE questions.
November 1, 2005... CE objectives After reading this issue, continuing education participants will be able to: *Identify clinical, legal, legislative, regulatory, financial, and social issues relevant to case management. *Explain how those issues...