Integrated Case Management Training

Little Rock, AR (openPR) 1 October 2010

Case Management Society of America is pleased to announce its Integrated Case Management (ICM) training program (http:// announce www.cmsa.org / ICM), developed a training program for case managers either for medical or mental health settings with the content and skills that provides for (1) undertake systematic evaluation of the complexity, (2) development and implementation of comprehensive and coordinated physical and mental health plans, (3) consistently on the complexity of the anchors in the ICM software specifically for clinical documentation is based, and (4) to record current clinical, functional, quality of life, satisfaction, and financial management in the process.

â? The assessment process supports the development of an alliance between the ICM case managers and patients / clients with motivational interviewing techniques, â? WMSC said Executive Director Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN. â? This is done while disentangling the system of physical barriers, psychological, social and health improvements. During the training, managers learn how the barriers in each of these areas, without changes to patient / client to another> managers.â ????

ICM training is in development since 2008 by CMSA and Cartesian Solutions, Inc.? ¢ largely in part to the application of the 15 years of research in Europe and complexity, was partially carried out, standards of practice for case management (2010 Revision) is based. To date, nearly 100 case managers in the beta or early experiences of formal education attended.

CMSA? ICM decision to offer is partly due to the fragmentation of todayâ? s healthcare system and its impact on case manager. CMSA believes that one of the biggest challenges for people with chronic diseases and concurrent mental health needs – often those who most use of health care – is care and support, is to stabilize, get coordinated medical symptoms and mental health, while meeting social and health system factors that contribute to poor results.

â? As often happens in such situations, the fact that case managers feel with a history is not qualified to help with mental health needs and vice versa are composed wanted CMSA, permit the development of a training program for case managers is to move towards a comprehensive assessment and advisory approach, â? said President CMSA, Teri Treig, RN-C, MA, CCM, CCP. â? It allows TM to help patients with barriers to improvement in all areas of the complexity of the introduction of Case Management> graduation.â ????

ICM training is open to members and non-members of the CMSA and is divided into two parts. ICM Training Section I includes over 40 hours of work, chapter self-test completion and participation in ICM four webinars given for 12 weeks. If a participant missed a webinar, the material by a recording of the meeting are discussed.

The second is ICM Section II training one day sit conduct face-to-face implementation of the skills of the participants in mock interviews to be to assess the complexity, the IM score GAC-related interviews, develop a care plan and learn , the results indicate that patients move graduation document. A prerequisite for participation in the second part will be the completion of the first.

following two components must pass the participants and a comprehensive approach to ICM case management.

For more information on CMSA Case Management Integrated Training Program, please visit the CMSA website at

http://www.cmsa.org/ICM.

on the Case Management Society of America (CMSA)

founded in 1990, the Case Management Society of America, an international non-profit 501 (c) (6) multi-disciplinary professional association dedicated to supporting and developing the profession of case management through educational forums, opportunities to for networking, legislative advocacy and establishing standards to advance the profession. It is in Little Rock, Arkansas-based, and serves more than 20,000 members / subscribers and over 73 subsidiaries and pending chapters. Since its inception, CMSA at the forefront of setting professional standards for the industry that offers maximum efficiency and integrity, and the development of national and local leaders who were recognized for their practice and professional excellence.

For more information on CMSA, call us at (501) 225-2229 or visit our website at http://www.cmsa.org.

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