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Case Management Focus: 2024 Professional Reading List
Case Management Focus: 2024 Professional Reading List

Welcome to the 2024 Professional Reading List. I create this list each year at this time to share books and e-letters that help me keep my finger on the pulse of the healthcare industry. I […]
Case Management Focus: Wellness and Well-being — Taking Your Own Pulse
Case Management Focus: Wellness and Well-being — Taking Your Own Pulse

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When you fly, you have heard the flight attendants during the pre-departure announcement say: “If we lose cabin pressure, a mask will fall from above. Put your mask on first, then […]
Case Management Focus: It’s National Nurses Week — Celebrating Nurses!
Case Management Focus: It’s National Nurses Week — Celebrating Nurses!

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The American Nurses Association celebrates National Nurses Week 2024, May 6 - May 12, and throughout May. This year's theme, "Nurses Make the Difference," honors the incredible nurses who embody the […]
Case Management Focus: What Happened to Communication Etiquette — Phone Calls, Emails, Text Messages?
Case Management Focus: What Happened to Communication Etiquette — Phone Calls, Emails, Text Messages?

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of my pet peeves is calling/emailing or texting someone professionally and not getting a response back. I never understand why the person did not send a short note, that they […]
Case Management Focus: Setting Realistic Expectations in a Challenging Healthcare System
Case Management Focus: Setting Realistic Expectations in a Challenging Healthcare System

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of the most important things nurse case managers can do when working with injured workers and their families is to help them set realistic expectations of the healthcare system. Before […]
Letting the Process Move Forward as a Nurse Case Manager
Letting the Process Move Forward as a Nurse Case Manager

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- I am working with a man who fell while he was in Mexico on vacation with his family. He suffered a brain injury and is confused and agitated. As a result, […]
Case Management Focus: Engaging Patients in Decision-making and Behavior Change to Promote Wellness
Case Management Focus: Engaging Patients in Decision-making and Behavior Change to Promote Wellness

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Last week, I shared a story titled When the System Works It Works Well. A comment from a reader made me rethink this story and see a different perspective that I […]
Case Management Focus: When the System Works, It Works Well
Case Management Focus: When the System Works, It Works Well

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com As workers' comp case managers, we all have that one case that allows us to believe in what we do. I had such a case a few years ago. I was assigned […]