CMSNE's Beyond the Bedside On-Demand Webinar

This is a pre-recorded CMSNE webinar offering 1.5 RN, SW & CCM ethics credits. This program – Beyond the Bedside: Case Management Solutions to Curb Readmissions, which was part of CMSNE’s Enhancing Your Case Management “Superpower”! Contributing to Successful and Sustainable Outcomes in 2025 – Day 1 was originally offered live on 1/25/25
Speaker: Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM, is the Associate Chief Clinical Operations Officer, Care Continuum for University of Illinois Health System, and the Immediate Past President of the Case Management Society of America National Board of Directors. She has held positions in acute care as Director of Case Management at several acute care facilities and managed care entities in Illinois, overseeing Utilization Review, Case Management and Social Services for over 14 years; piloting quality improvement initiatives focused on readmission reduction, care coordination through better communication and population health management. Her current passion is around improving health literacy. She is the recipient of the CMSA Foundation Practice Improvement Award (2020) and ANA Illinois Practice Improvement Award (2020) for her work in this area. Dr. Morley also received the AAMCN Managed Care Nurse Leader of the Year in 2010 and the CMSA Fellow of Case Management designation in 2022. Her 1st book, “A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management”, published by Blue Bayou Press was released in February 2022. Dr. Morley has over 20 years of nursing experience. Her clinical specialties include Med/Surg, Oncology and Pediatric Nursing. She received her ADN at South Suburban College in South Holland, Il; BSN at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL, MSN from Norwich University in Northfield, VT and her DNP at Chamberlain College of Nursing.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session attendees will be able to:
• Identify the primary drivers of hospital readmissions and how case managers can effectively address them.
• Utilize data-driven approaches to assess and mitigate readmission risk and foster collaboration across care teams to enhance patient-centered care and continuity.
• Develop actionable plans to apply readmission reduction strategies within their own organizations.
• Explain how readmission avoidance protects the rights and dignity of all patients by promoting quality patient care and decreasing healthcare costs (Principle 2)

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