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BY LISA SIMMONS-FIELDS, DNP, MSA, RN, CCM, CPHQ Objectives: Increase care management engagement, education, retention and decrease turnover. Background: Transformational nurse leaders have the capacity to influence the professional competencies and engagement of the care management teams. Methods: The project design is a prospective, mixed method design. Results: Team response and early trends are positive […]

BY MARIANNE DiMOLA The United States is facing a massive social worker shortage by 2030. There are already serious regional shortages in rural areas and specific states, but the shortfall will equal tens of thousands of professionals nationwide in just a few years. Nearly half (49%) of social workers say they are less likely to

BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, RN, BSN, MSN, NE-BC, CCM, FCM, FAAN At the time of this writing, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023) reported the lowest unemployment rate since 1969 at 3.4%. There were 58,000 new jobs added in the healthcare sector. Aware of narratives about the healthcare workforce shortage, exodus of direct

BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Excerpt from A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management reprinted with permission of publisher Blue Bayou Press. A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management is available on Amazon and at BlueBayouPress.com. CHOOSING YOUR ORGANIZATION(S) The practice of case management and the organizations that support the work of

BY FRANCESCA BRYAN-COUCH, DNP, RN, CHPN; JUNE CALLASAN, MSN, RN, CCM; RUTH D. GRENOBLE, LCSW, CCM; RACHELE MISITI, LCSW-S, CCM CARE COORDINATION AND INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT AND WESTERN STATES NETWORK CONSORTIUM OVERVIEW The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has embarked on an enterprise- wide effort to streamline and standardize care coordination through an endorsed care coordination and integrated case management (CC&ICM)