d'cm

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1. Are We Change Agents?

   d'cm replied to TheInclusiveNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Could nurses be change agents? Theoretically yes, practically.. NO. In my 30yrs experience I have found nurses to be highly risk adverse and almost universally corporate compliant. The most jarring...

2. Health Insurance in America

   d'cm replied to Emergent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   One of things people don't realize is that private health insurance is one of the primary reasons healthcare in the US to be so expensive. In a market economy, price is a function of supply and...

3. Is Ai the answer to our problems?

   d'cm posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

   *The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Hospital Medical Management and Utilization Review** In recent years, the healthcare industry has witnessed a transformative shift with the integration of...

4. The case for Ai Utilization

   d'cm posted a topic in Case Management

   Streamlining Utilization Review Utilization review is a critical process in healthcare that ensures medical services are used appropriately and efficiently. Traditionally, this process has been...

5. United Healthcare: RN Case Management Salary

   d'cm replied to May_2020's topic in Case Management

   started at 77k and after 11 yrs 88k. then they fired

6. EKG order

   d'cm replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

   It's just this sort of BS that makes nursing a uniquely crappy

7. Wisconsin Hospital Sues To Keep Employees

   d'cm replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for posting that. It was indeed a fair bit of

8. Wisconsin Hospital Sues To Keep Employees

   d'cm posted a topic in General Nursing

   So a bunch of employees at Thedacare in Wisconsin got a better offer at another hospital - Ascension. The employees asked Thedacare if they would match the offer and were told no, so they went to...

9. Susceptible to Misinformation: Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

   d'cm replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The best answers I have ever seen to this question can be found at : Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

10. Is Case Management the right move?

    d'cm replied to RNdogmom's topic in Case Management

    Insurance company CM would definitely reduce your exposure to Covid - but not to regulatory

11. New Nurse Case Manager

    d'cm replied to syronrs14's topic in Case Management

    It really depends on what population you will be working with. Insurance CM can be any number of different things e.g. Disease mgmt, inpatient your/DC planning, or LTC (MLTSS

12. Unexplained Diarrhea and Weight Loss: What's going on? | Case Study

    d'cm replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    to build on Curious1997: The medical history appears to be entirely "per the patient", do we have any actual medical records to verify her

13. How many jobs have you had in your career?

    d'cm replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I've had at least 20 jobs in 25 yrs mostly because I would get fired. I think that should be some kinda record.

14. Unexplained Diarrhea and Weight Loss: What's going on? | Case Study

    d'cm replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Has the thyroid been fully evaluated by imaging and blood

15. New Case Manager

    d'cm replied to nurseontheway's topic in Case Management

    Doubting yourself is a good thing, it keeps you vigilant. Making a big mistake at this point would be far worse than just not getting everything done. Doubt others also, discharge planning is all...