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The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) in Rolling Meadows, IL, has announced changes to the eligibility criteria for the popular Certified Case Manager (CCM) credential. The changes could open the door for more hospital-based case managers to sit for the CCM exam.
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Advancing technology continues to reshape the way acute-care case management is practiced. One example of that is the growing trend toward automation. However, early experience shows that technology is no guarantee for physician buy-in at the front end, much less patient compliance at the back end.
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The Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is significantly revamping its accreditation process to answer its critics and sharpen the focus of its accreditation process.
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The 2002 version of the Little Rock, AR-based Case Management Society of Americas (CMSA) standards of practice is designed to reflect the role of the case manager in the changing health care system.
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Do you staff your emergency department (ED) based solely on ratios? Do you use staffing productivity measures that only address paid nursing hours per patient visit? These methods are not effective in the ED and actually can endanger patients, warn staffing experts, who point to a growing trend toward state-mandated ratios for nursing staff.
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Submit your organizations deficiencies to your accreditation organization? Thats exactly what the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is expecting you to do after a self-assessment halfway through your three-year accreditation cycle. Youll also have to submit a plan to correct the deficiencies.
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Its easy to say that attracting more students to nursing programs will help address the nursing shortage in the future, but how do you inspire high school students?
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American Health Consultants is offering "Imminent Smallpox Vaccinations in Hospitals: Consequences for You and Your Facility," a 90-minute audio conference Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 2-3:30 p.m. EST.
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By using the Internet, the same-day surgery staff at Kent Hospital in Warwick, RI, was able to broadcast a rotator cuff surgery to 140 high schools students and their teachers at seven school sites.
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Every same-day surgery program has a plan to deal with emergencies such as fires, but no one wants to have to use it, especially with more than 100 people in the building and eight patients in the ORs. It is nice to know, however, that one such plan worked when needed.
