HOSPITAL case management

[farinaamer]

Hello

I have been a critical care nurse for 14 years now and plan to pursue my career as a case manager. i just accepted a hospital case manager position and would like your input on hospital "real life" case management as i have researched about hospital case management duties and articles.

Thank you in advance!

[SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN]

The "real" world will depend a lot on your employer's expectations, the amount of resources you have available, and the type of hospital case management you will be performing. Your employer's expectations of your job can be determined by asking your managers and your co-workers directly. The amount of resources you will have access to will depend on your community, contracts between your employer and/or insurance companies and vendors and/or other organizations, your management team's ability to manage a CM department, and your co-workers abilities to perform his/her job functions.

The type of job you will be performing will depend on the type of CM you will be. For example, hospital case management can mean you are a Chronic Conditions/Disease case manager, a Medical Specialty case manager (like Nephrology or Cardiac), a Transitions Case Manager, an Inpatient/OBS Case Manager (Some hospitals have OBs units within the hospitals not attached to the ED), an ED/ER/OBS case manager (Some EDs have OBs units), an UR/UM only Case Manager, an Inpatient Psych case manager (Some hospitals have inpatient psych units), an Outpatient case manager (Some hospitals have outpatient clinics attached to the hospital), an Employee Health case manager, or something I did not list ...

[farinaamer]

Thank you so much.....

The "real" world will depend a lot on your employer's expectations, the amount of resources you have available, and the type of hospital case management you will be performing. Your employer's expectations of your job can be determined by asking your managers and your co-workers directly. The amount of resources you will have access to will depend on your community, contracts between your employer and/or insurance companies and vendors and/or other organizations, your management team's ability to manage a CM department, and your co-workers abilities to perform his/her job functions.

The type of job you will be performing will depend on the type of CM you will be. For example, hospital case management can mean you are a Chronic Conditions/Disease case manager, a Medical Specialty case manager (like Nephrology or Cardiac), a Transitions Case Manager, an Inpatient/OBS Case Manager (Some hospitals have OBs units within the hospitals not attached to the ED), an ED/ER/OBS case manager (Some EDs have OBs units), an UR/UM only Case Manager, an Inpatient Psych case manager (Some hospitals have inpatient psych units), an Outpatient case manager (Some hospitals have outpatient clinics attached to the hospital), an Employee Health case manager, or something I did not list ...