title: Understanding and application: what health IT really means for professional case managers.
authors.affiliation: Patrice V. Sminkey, RN, is the Chief Executive Of&filig;cer of the Commission for Case Manager Certi&filig;cation (CCMC), the &filig;rst and largest nationally accredited organization that board-certi&filig;es case managers. To date, more than 35,000 professionals have been awarded the Certi&filig;ed Case Manager certi&filig;cation. For more information, please see www.ccmcertification.org.
authors.forename: Patrice V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Sminkey
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D002568:Certification; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States