{"title":"Understanding the Impact of Isolation on Patients and Case Managers.","authors":"Janet Coulter","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000831","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000831","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"271-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144800498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incivility in the Health Care Environment: Special Focus on the Operating Room: Erratum.","authors":"Louise Kertesz, Joni Garbarini","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NCM.0000000000000840","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 6","pages":"288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145179329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case Managers on the Front Lines of Climate-Related Health Crisis.","authors":"Vivian Campagna, Lorna Lee-Riley, Annette Watson","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000830","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000830","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"277-280"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Case That Changed How We View End of Life: The Quinlin Case Forty Years Later.","authors":"Lynn S Muller","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000827","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000827","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"281-282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144691904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM).","authors":"Suzanne K Powell","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000828","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000828","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On January 1, 2025, the Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) services, were inaugurated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). APCM is being launched to address longstanding challenges in primary care delivery, including fragmented care, inadequate compensation for comprehensive services, and the need to better support practices in managing complex patient populations and social determinants of health (SDOH).</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 6","pages":"233-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145179306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of AHRQ Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit on Adult Patient's 30-Day Readmission.","authors":"Rhea Anne Yumena","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000801","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of study: </strong>The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to determine whether implementing the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit would impact 30-day readmissions among adult medical-surgical patients in an urban Arizona hospital over 8 weeks. This quality improvement project aims to address the lack of evidence-based practice (EBP) discharge guidelines at the project site and to improve readmissions by translating research evidence into clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Primary practice setting: </strong>The project site is a single medical center within a hospital system located in an urban area of Arizona.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>The medical-surgical nurses utilized the AHRQ RED components in the form of a discharge checklist. Education and staff teaching were conducted at the project site, with stakeholders provided with EBP resource materials, including the AHRQ's RED Toolkit and scientific evidence on how this process can impact hospital 30-day readmissions. This checklist incorporates the 11 RED components of the discharge process. The checklist served as a procedural guide for nurses during discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patient data were collected to measure the impact of the AHRQ RED Toolkit on 30-day readmissions. Data were collected from the electronic health record and EBP tool, the AHRQ RED checklist. Thirty-day readmissions were measured as counts in a sample of 307 patients, with data collected before intervention (n = 199) and again after intervention (n = 108). The frequencies of 30-day readmissions were described using counts and percentage rates, then compared using Pearson's chi-square test. In the comparison patient group, there were 99 readmissions (50%) out of 199 patients. In the intervention patient group, 24 patients (22%) out of 108 were readmitted. Pearson's chi-square test showed a statistically significant difference in the number of patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge [ X 2(1, N = 307) = 22.0; p = .001).</p><p><strong>Implications for case management: </strong>The AHRQ RED components are evidence-based discharge interventions and strategies that have been proven to be crucial in reducing readmissions and improving patient outcomes. The project results highlight the importance of incorporating EBP guidelines into health care settings and validate the effectiveness of these interventions in bridging gaps in patient care, such as avoidable readmissions. The project outcomes demonstrate the role of the RED components in guiding case managers during a patient's hospital discharge. Applying the RED components was essential in preventing readmissions, thereby influencing health care and case management practices, including ensuring safe discharges, reducing costs, and improving care quality. The project outcomes showed significant improvements in the discharge process, providing opportunitie","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"236-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sharpest Tool in the Case Manager's Toolbox.","authors":"Kathleen Moreo","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NCM.0000000000000832","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 6","pages":"274-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145179302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Liebzeit, Amiritha Kumar, Maria Hein, Yelena Perkhounkova, Anna Krupp
{"title":"Sepsis Survivors' Functional Recovery and Symptom Experience Following Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization.","authors":"Daniel Liebzeit, Amiritha Kumar, Maria Hein, Yelena Perkhounkova, Anna Krupp","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000805","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of study: </strong>The purpose is to describe sepsis survivors' functional recovery and symptom experience following Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Primary practice settings: </strong>Academic Medical Center, Community Living.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>This longitudinal observational study recruited participants during hospitalization at two adult ICUs in a single Midwestern academic medical center. Participants completed surveys to assess function and symptom experience at baseline (discharge), 1-month, 3-months, and 6-months post-discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants were non-Hispanic Whites with mean age 55.4 years (SD = 17.0). The majority were discharged to home (78.6%), with 3 (21.4%) discharged to a skilled nursing facility or acute rehabilitation unit. Participants had notable improvements in mobility, self-rated health, and fatigue from discharge to 6-months post-discharge. Increases in mobility from discharge to 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months were statistically significant (α < .05). Decreases in fatigue from discharge to 1 month and 6 months were statistically significant (α < .05). Cognitive and social engagement and other symptom experience measures did not differ significantly during the study period.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>Findings reveal trends in mobility recovery and symptom experience post-hospitalization, which are important considerations post-ICU sepsis hospitalization. This study reinforces the need to promote early mobilization of patients during hospitalization and work with patients to develop strategies for mobility recovery post-hospitalization, as part of a comprehensive plan which integrates a client's medical, behavioral, social, psychological, functional, and other needs. The authors encourage assessment of common symptoms, including pain, fatigue, anxiety, and sleep disturbance, experienced by sepsis survivors during and post-hospitalization. As a result, case managers will be better positioned to implement evidence-based interventions to promote recovery and reduce symptom burden and improve outcomes. Evidence-based interventions should include those that are centered on client's functional and symptom-related needs, preferences, safe mobility, and facilitate awareness of and connections with community supports and resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"261-270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12353560/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julie-Kathryn E Graham, Christina Kelley, Gabriella Malagon-Maldonado
{"title":"The Best End-of-Life Care Begins With TRUTH.","authors":"Julie-Kathryn E Graham, Christina Kelley, Gabriella Malagon-Maldonado","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000817","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000817","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a qualitative descriptive design. Through snowball sampling, community members who have experience with loved ones receiving end-of-life care were recruited by snowball-sampling. The interviews lasted approximately 90 minutes. Two open-ended questions were posed, and participants led the discussion by interpreting the questions in any way they wanted and telling the story they wanted to tell. Interviews were transcribed into Excel, and line-by-line analysis was utilized to group data (answers) into developed themes; themes were then broken down into subthemes. Literature was consulted to understand themes further.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For decades, research has recommended truth and transparency in end-of-life care discussions with patients, families, and family-centered care. This study demonstrated that, in practice, this is often not done, resulting in further traumatization to families at the end of life. Additional research needs to be done to understand this practice gap and recommend strategies to overcome it.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Families experiencing end-of-life care are experiencing extensive acute trauma. The acute stress of this trauma makes information processing and decision-making very difficult. From the discipline of psychology, a person cannot make good decisions when they are experiencing trauma. At end-of-life, person-centered care is family-centered care. A person's individuality is inextricable from who they are to their family. If we do not care for the family, we do not care for our patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"229-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144660625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CMSA's 35th Anniversary: Celebrating Legacy, Inspiring the Future of Case Management.","authors":"Janet Coulter","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000819","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000819","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"218-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144660618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}