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Log on to www.dlife.com (opens new window)Diabetes Footprints Campaign
UNPRECEDENTED, COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT LAUNCHED TO
TRANSFORM DIABETES CARE IN GREATER CINCINNATI
Cincinnati Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) has launched the Diabetes Footprints Campaign, a groundbreaking initiative to help Greater Cincinnatians with diabetes improve the care they receive from their doctor and better manage their own health. AF4Q is a signature effort of the Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve health outcomes.
The Diabetes Footprints Campaign will educate consumers about the quality indicators, and get educational materials into the hands of 100,000 Greater Cincinnatians with diabetes by the end of 2009. The Campaign will make these standards of care available through their website www.diabetesfootprints.org as well as a toolkit of materials designed to facilitate communication between patients and their doctors. The centerpiece of the Campaign is a "Success with Diabetes" brochure that provides consumers with:
- A checklist to use for a doctor visit (including a list of American Diabetes Association tests that should be part of regular office visits, a simple explanation of each test, what the test result should be, and how often the test is typically needed)
- A self-care checklist for people with type 2 diabetes to use at home
The toolkit will be distributed through the Diabetes Footprints Campaign partners - a coalition of more than 50 local health care and community organizations. Campaign partners include area health plans such as Aetna and health care provider organizations such as the Mercy Health Partners Certified Diabetes Education program. Through vehicles such as TriHealth's Corporate Wellness program, the message will also reach major employers such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble. A full list of partners can be found at www.diabetesfootprints.org.
Additional resources available on the website include: downloadable doctor-visit and self-care checklists, a Certified Diabetes Educators contact list, and a list of physician practices working with AF4Q to improve diabetes care.
AF4Q, a national initiative being implemented in only 14 regions across the country, is an unprecedented community-wide collaboration which is applying groundbreaking approaches to improve health outcomes in Greater Cincinnati, with a particular focus on chronic illness care.
For more information about the Diabetes Footprints Campaign, visit www.diabetesfootprints.org.
Multi-State Nursing Licensure
The Issue Nurse Licensure rules and regulations were formed when nursing was practiced primarily within the boundaries of one or two states. With the development of managed care, tele-health and mobile populations, nurses are frequently required to work with patients who travel or reside across multiple state lines. Unlike driver's licenses, many state nursing licenses are not recognized by other states.
The Impact Nurses and their employers are vulnerable to:
- Excessive costs for additional licensure
- Administrative oversight of additional fees
- Vulnerability to lack of malpractice coverage
The Solution Nurse Compact Licensure. Twenty state boards of nursing have joined together to form a Nurse Compact in which participating states mutually recognize nurse licenses from other Compact states.
The Goal
To clarify its position, CMSA has released its official statement on this important issue
below:
Read CMSA's Position Statement on Multistate Nursing Licensure
The goal of the CMSA position statement is not to create an administrative nightmare or to create additional costs to organizations or to the US healthcare system. The purpose of the CMSA position statement is to alert and to encourage individuals and organizations to aggressively encourage the non-Compact State Boards of Nursing to join the Compact or to encourage federal legislation mandating recognition of nurse licensure across state lines.
Read more about the ongoing issue at the website for the;
National Council for State Board of Nursing (NCSBN).
CCMC
Commission for Case Manager Certification 15000 Commerce Parkway Suite C Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Phone: 651-789-3744 Fax: 1-800-648-1828 Email: info@999ccmchelp.org (remove the 999 when writing)
Companies apply and pay a fee to CCMC to review their course, conference or seminar in advance. CCMs who take the course simply write their CCM ID on the attendance verification form and submit to CCMC. No additional fees are necessary! Originals are not required, and forms will NOT be returned, so be sure to COPY your continuing education before sending it to CCMC. Contact the provider of the course if you're not sure if it is pre-approved for continuing education.
As long as the content applies to at least one of the domain focus areas found on the Post Approval of Continuing Education form found on the last two pages of your renewal guide, you may submit courses for continuing education that have not been pre-approved (these are courses that do not contain a CCM Approval Number on the certificate of completion). Simply complete the Post Approval of Continuing Education form in your renewal guide and submit it with the certificate of completion and $10.00 processing fee per course. If you've completed four or more courses within a single calendar year (January through December) and submit the verifications at the same time, you only pay a flat $35.00, no matter how many courses are submitted, for each calendar year. Verification forms will not be returned, so make a photocopy before sending.
Taking a college class? If the content falls under one of the domain focus areas, you can receive credit. Simply copy your syllabus or course description and submit it along with the ORIGINAL grade report or official transcript and completed Post Approval of Continuing Education form. There is no fee, and the grade report/transcript WILL be returned to you. You receive 15 clock hours for each semester hour of credit (10 clock hours for each quarter hour).
Complimentary downloads of the Renewal Guide are found on CCMC's website - www.ccmcertification.org, or you can e-mail info@999ccmcertification.org (remove the 999 when writing).
A Nurse is more, Why? Though nobody, can say why, for sure, Nurse's desire, for service, is pure. Not for themselves, it has to be for others. A life dedicated, to their sisters and their brothers.
A Nurse is more, How? Through reserves, of strength, care and love, Nurses take their lead, from the power above. Above and beyond, their duty comes first. Their patient's needs paramount, before even hunger and thirst.
A Nurse is more, When? When we need them the most, at our times of ill, Nurses come through, with their care and goodwill. When we feel we can't go on, and wish, to give up the ghost. That's when our Nurses, give it their most.
A Nurse is more, Where? In the hospital, the battlefield, the clinic, school, home or hospice, Nurses are there, in the ER, the OR, the workplace, and medical office. Where we are, to go for our care, thankfully, we find Nurses there. Aging, sick, fearful, weary, we turn to Nurses, and know they care.
A Nurse is more, A Nurse is more, much more than all we've said, or all we can say, other than, to acknowledge the Nurses, who so brighten our day. In gratitude, we thank Nurses, their willingness to serve, we find so appealing, bringing to us, their comfort, wisdom, compassion and healing.
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A first-time colonoscopy reduces the risk of death from colon cancer by 90 percent, according to researchers from Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Much of that reduction is due to an initial polypectomy, a procedure to remove polyps, or small growths, inside the intestine that can develop into cancer over time. The researchers reviewed data from the National Polyp Study and found that, in the first decade following a colonoscopy, follow-up examinations account for only 10 percent of the reduced risk of death; 90 percent is due to the initial screening. Yet as more time passes after the initial screening, the importance of follow-up colonoscopies increases as well. Beyond the first decade, follow-up surveillance accounts for a 45 percent of colon cancer risk reduction. The researchers agree with the guidelines from the American College of Gastroenterology, which call for a follow-up colonoscopy every three to five years for high-risk patients.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reworked its Spanish-language website to provide a more functional and more informative platform for health issues of interest to Hispanic communities. Addressing health promotion and disease prevention topics such as asthma, cancer, children's health, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, immunizations and occupational hazards, the site -- www.cdc.gov/spanish -- offers an improved search engine, access to the most-searched items and a facilitative A-to-Z index.
CMSA EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LIBRARY On-line education
CMSA's Educational Resource Library offers programs to case managers and allied health professionals serving the case management industry. These high quality courses are self-paced, self-guided, and available on demand; thus, providing a convenient, cost-effective training alternative.
Every CM program in the Educational Resource Library is customized to three levels, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Moving to a skills based model will allow you to more accurately track your advancement along the professional development continuum. Later phases of the library will get to the core of CMSA's education strategic initiative. With the development of Career Pathways, CMSA will define core competencies for case/care managers and allow members to create personalized, specific growth pathways.
For more information about on-line educational opportunities:
Visit National CMSA Education
