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BY REBECCA PEREZ, MSN, RN, CCM Everyone aspires to provide quality healthcare. The definition of healthcare quality would seem straightforward; however, establishing metrics is not necessarily so straightforward, a point recognized by Avedis Donabedian, a Lebanese physician and founder of the study of healthcare quality over half a century ago. In 1966, Dr. Donabedian recommended […]

BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, RN, BSN, MSN, NE-BC, CCM, FCM, FAAN This issue of CMSA Today is a compilation of articles, editorials and resources about legal considerations in healthcare. I recently attended a Health Equity Summit with leaders from a variety of sectors, including law, government, healthcare, academia, public health and community advocacy. These professionals

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BY SHERRY ALIOTTA, BSN, RN-BC, CCM The Standards of Practice for Case Management have been updated. The newly revised standards need not be a reference volume or an unrealistic ideal. They represent a philosophy, statement of beliefs, values to guide a program, its context and the role of the individual(s). They can serve as a

BY VALERIE LINZEY, DNP, APRN, FNP-C Primary care practices are faced with many challenges when their patients are admitted or visit an outside facility or hospital. One of the major problems is a breakdown of communication when patients are discharged from the health facility or hospital and need to follow with primary care. Evidence suggests

BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM INTRODUCTION Are we there yet? As we come to the final installment of my Electronic Road Trip series, I hope you have found some great new resources and revisited familiar ones with new perspective. Continuing my review of some excellent repositories of knowledge dedicated to