Recruiting, Training and Case Load Management Strategies for Embedded Case Managers

Summary: When looking for new hires for its embedded case management program, Bon Secours Health System looks for critical thinking skills and previous roles that are transferable, such as work with chronic disease patients, explains Irene Zolotorofe, administrative director of clinical operations at Bon Secours. Zolotorofe also describes the importance of matching personalities when placing a case manager in a physician practice, how to build a trusting relationship between an embedded case manager and the physician and Bon Secour's embedded case manager training process. Irene Zolotorofe will present during "Recruiting, Training and Case Load Management Strategies for Embedded Case Managers," a 45-minute webinar on May 3, 2012, sharing the process that Bon Secours has established for recruiting, selecting and placing an embedded case manager in their practices, along with details on case load management, tools used by case managers, benchmarks for measuring effectiveness and much more.