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Nurses, of all health care providers, need to provide care independent of their political beliefs even though health and medical care is impacted by politics. Having wrote that, should we also consider forums based on religion? There are many nurse...

This is what happens when you turn something personal and supposedly unique like health care into big business. I recently read a blog about costs for medical services not being transparent. You can ask your practitioner about what it would cost for...

Anyone attending this conference? It is from June 8-9. Here's the link: http://www.himssvirtual.org/hall.asp

Actually Halcion, there are HIM professionals that manage more than records. I am aware of HIM professionals working with software applications thereby working closely with IT. The role of many HIM professionals has expanded into informatics and th...

I'd like to know about the following topics: Regions of the country favorable for NIs NIs relationship with other members of the informatics team or IT-in particular, the relationship between NIs and physician informaticists Barriers preventing NIs ...

So, serving as a NI is more like being a project manager? Is that correct?

Please direct me if this question has been asked. How is the work of a NI specialist measured or graded? Are there productivity standards? Does quality outweigh quantity in this line of work or is there a battle between the two? Just curious. Ot...

50 cases is fairly steep when you think about having to study each case, the call itself, and all the documentation you have to do for the case. I've never done weekend case management in the corporate setting so I'm only taking my best shot. You w...

Wonder what the caseload is during the week. I am aware that full-time nurses for some companies have or did have a 1000 case workload. I'm thinking 500 people for a two day weekend is alot of people to manage-even with stratification of levels th...

I am looking at an in-state university program for an MSN in informatics. The costs seem to be more reasonable than private institutions.

Did anyone attend the HIMSS VCE? I'd never been to one and thought it was great. Alot of interesting subject matter was presented. The only thing I was disappointed about was that I did not win a prize. The next VCE I believe is in June 2011. Ho...

HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo You have a little less than a month left to register and review the site. Hope this helps.

No, I do not plan to attend either the HIMSS conference in Orlando or the ANIA-Caring conference in Las Vegas. Traveling, especially on planes, is not my strong suit unless I can drive within a reasonable distance to a conference. I am looking forw...

Hi again, Helen. You did not indicate where you got your info from. However, I do find that the center for case management has answers to many of your questions @ http://www.cfcm.com/resources/certification.asp.

I agree with 2dogs. Not to criticize you personally, but it is beyond me why an employer would hire someone fresh out of school into a role that requires experience as a bedside nurse. The stamina and endurance of nurses today at the bedside is prov...

Hi Helen. The website that you found out about the case management administrator certification should give you a description as well as employment roles for those who hold this type of certification. If you found out about the certification via ano...

To my understanding, there are several varieties of case management certifications out there. The most prevalent one is the CCM. The CCM tends to be generalized being skewed towards workman's comp, insurance, and consultancy. The ACM is strictly h...

Go to AHIMA Home - American Health Information Management Association if you have not already and review that website. From what I understand HIM is just as involved in ARRA funding for training of new professionals as any other discipline. Some of...

Because health informatics incorporates all disciplines including nursing and because nurses need to be familiar with technology, I feel the VCE would be beneficial to students. I noted that one of the keynote speakers for the conference was a nurse...

Well, here goes. Medical informatics more relates to physician practice and the like. Nursing informatics is based on nursing practice, classifications, terminology and so on. You have other disciplines that have incorporated informatics such as p...

I'd go for the RN if nursing is where your heart lies. Once you get that RN under your belt and get bedside experience for several years or more, it's downhill from there (meaning opportunites may open for you). If you read previous threads you'll n...

In my opinion, sounds like this nurse has storytelling imbedded in her personality. Can you formally script her? If she has a form to fill out, maybe that will once and for all get her to focus on the main facts. Once, she becomes scripted, maybe ...

Many UR nurses become case managers or are already case managers. As already pointed out, UR staff review cases and contact payers for reimbursement of procedures and services. UR is mostly a function of nursing. Sometimes you may find workers fro...

I called Benedictine University because I was concerned about their non-nursing accreditation status for the graduate programs and was told they were working on it and would know something in October of this year.

I think hospitals moving in the direction that the author recommends is going to require a sea change in mentality. Health care delivery has been done one way for so long that several generations of the public and providers will have to pass through...