Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Axelsen, Karina Rahbek
• Nafei, Hanne
• Jakobsen, Stine Finne
• Gandrup, Per
• Knudsen, Janne Lehmann

Titel

Case managers experience improved trajectories for cancer patients after implementation of the case manager function

Ist Teil von

• Ugeskrift for læger, 2014-10, Vol.176 (42)

Ort / Verlag

Denmark

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Case managers are increasingly used to optimize trajectories for patients. This study is based on a questionnaire among case managers in cancer care, aiming at the clarification of the function and its impact on especially patient safety, when handing over the responsibility. The results show a major variation in how the function is organized, the level of competence and the task to be handled. The responsibility has in general been narrowed to department level. Overall, the case managers believe that the function has optimized pathways for cancer patients and improved safety, but barriers persist.