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Colleen M Morley, DNP, RN, CMCN Director of Case Management Wes Suburban Medical Center and Westlake Hospital |
About the Speaker:
Dr. Colleen Morley DNP, RN, CMCN ACM is the Director of Case Management for West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, IL and Westlake Hospital; in Melrose Park, IL. where she is thrilled to work with awesome teams of case management nurses and social workers who make going to work every day a true joy!
Previous roles include:
- Director of Case Management for MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island IL
- Director of Case Management at St Bernard Hospital in Chicago, IL
- Director of Utilization Management and Care Coordination for Meridian Health Plan of IL
- Director of the Care Management Department at Provena Mercy Medical Center in Aurora, IL
- Manager of Medical Services at BCBSIL, Chicago, IL
Colleen has over 18 years of nursing experience. Her clinical specialties include Med/Surg, Oncology and Pediatric Nursing. Her passions in nursing include promotion of professional development and continuing education and studying the readmission issue to develop solution programs.
She is active with CMSA Chicago; currently serving as President Elect for 2017-19 and has been on several national level committees for CMSA, ACMA and AAMCN. She was named Nurse Leader of the Year in 2010 by the American Association of Managed Care Nurses for her contributions in significantly updating and revising the CMCN certification curriculum. Colleen has been a frequent contributor to AAMCN’s Nurses’ Notes; has been published in Case in Point’s Caseload Handbook edition and most recently in American Nurse Today in June 2017 on Communication and Collaboration Across the Interdisciplinary Team.
She has presented posters at CMSA National and teaching sessions at national level care coordination events and has recently launched her own healthcare education consulting firm, Altra Healthcare Consulting.
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 in 12/2017.