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Save money and time by developing a collaborative case management program

Case Management Weekly, April 23, 2008

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In the January Director’s Desk feature of Case Management Monthly, Sharon Mass, PhD, ACM, a founding member of the American Case Management Association (ACMA) and director of case management and palliative care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, addressed how collaborative case management will be a necessity in hospitals going forward.

This month, Mass and Donna Ukanowicz, MS, RN, ACM, director of the care management program at UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, suggest making this practice a reality by creating cohesive relationships between nurses, social workers, and other specialties to make the healthcare experience better for patients.

“At [our facility], the department of case management has evolved to include nurses, social workers, psychologists, and a medical records technician,” says Mass. “We also feel strongly about our nursing and social work roots.”

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