Case management: integrating roles in the subacute setting.

Nurses have great potential to advance the professional practice of nurse case management in the subacute care industry. This health care setting has created a new arena in which nursing may adapt and redefine the role of the case manager to meet the needs of an integrated system of outcomes based health care. Through cooperation and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, the nurse case manager increases the cost effectiveness of care and enhances patient outcomes.