Rewiring the discharge planning process
Case Management Monthly, August 1, 2008
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Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region in California recognized that there was room for improvement in the discharge planning process of its four acute care facilities. LOS was increasing, and case managers felt stressed and overwhelmed. To improve its LOS data, and to assist the overworked case managers, the organization decided to hire help by adding a support role it called “case management specialist.” (See the sample “Case management specialist job description” below.)
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