Sam Albrecht, Executive Director of the Commission for Case Manager Certification, presented testimony on December 3 on the important role nurse case/care managers play today and in the future of health care system.  All case managers should review this paper which documents the current and future role case managers have in ensuring consumers of health care receive safe, quality, evidence-based care regardless of setting.  You can review the paper in its entirety here.
As outlined in his paper, Mr. Albrecht shares a comparison of nursing and case management processes which reveal the following commonalities:

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This week I ran across a posting by a Dr. Luks, a physician I follow on Twitter.  The information was originally written by another physician blogger.  Dr. Rob who writes Musings of a Distractible Mind posted this and it ran in the NY Time Health issue.  I was compelled to include this information here as well.
Rule 1: They don’t want to be at your office.
It may seem odd to patients, but most doctors forget that going to the doctor is generally unnerving. We work there, and being in a …

October 11th, 2009 starts the weeklong celebration of case managers and the commitments and contributions we make in educating the public.  I have previously been employed with national case management firms who would honor us with activities such as lunches, continuing education seminars and gifts of appreciation.  As a business owner I no longer get to participate in such functions, but it certainly does not diminish my pride in what we offer to the community, our patients, and our fellow healthcare providers.
If you have a firm or facility are are …

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Doctors fail to report clinically significant findings to their patients in more than 7 percent of cases, a new study has concluded. According to the study, published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, use of electronic medical records tended to lower instances of failures to inform. However, practices that used a combination of electronic and paper records failed to inform patients of abnormal results more often than practices that used only paper or electronic records.
As a former office nurse, I know that the number of results received …