Instead of thinking of case management as a hospital model, start thinking about case management as a continuum model, which transcends where people receive care, advises Toni Cesta, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior vice president, operational efficiency and capacity management at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and partner and consultant in Dallas-based Case Management Concepts.
Instead of thinking of case management as a hospital model, start thinking about case management as a continuum model, which transcends where people receive care, advises Toni Cesta, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior vice president, operational efficiency and capacity management at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and partner and consultant in Dallas-based Case Management Concepts.
Extend the discharge plan beyond hospital walls
July 1, 2012