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FACULTY DIRECTORY |
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MSSW, Social Work, University of Missouri
BA, Sociology, University of Kansas
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Susan Saunders, MSSW, CSW
Director, Care Management,
Strong Health
URMC Continuity of Care and Case Management,
Strong Health Social Work
Contact Information:
University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 650
Rochester, NY 14642
Office: 1-1457C
Phone: (585) 275-2856
Email: susan_saunders@urmc.rochester.edu
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OVERVIEW
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University focus is on development
of comprehensive network services for provision of continuous,
quality services for Strong Health populations. Activities center
on risk and utilization management; infrastructure development;
and development of innovative means for seamless transition of
patient care populations across sites of care. Provision of teaching
and consultation services to hospitals, health systems, and professional
organizations throughout the United States centering on development
of interdisciplinary case management models for hospital settings;
care management across integrated health care systems; and organizational
design and enhancement through optimum structure, process and
leadership.
Recipient of: Society of Social Work Leadership of the American
Hospital Association Administrator of the Year Award for distinguished
leadership (1996) and the Hyman J. Weiner Award for Exemplary
Teaching and Leadership (2001). Serves as a member of the Editorial
Board, Social Work and Health Care. Member, Board of Directors,
Alternatives for Battered Women: Advisory Board, Greater Rochester
Collaborative Master of Social Work Program: Advisory Board,
Human Services Advisory Committee, Monroe Community College. |
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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- Susan Saunders. "Charting the course: Societal transformation
and the future of social work in health care organizations"
in Conference Proceedings, Spring 2001, Society for Social
Work Leadership in Health Care. (In process.)
- Susan Saunders. (2001). System care management: Purpose,
structure, and function. In Nancy W. Veeder, Wilma Peebles-Wilkins,
Managed Care Services Policy, Programs and Research (pp. 97-116).
New York, NY: Oxford University Press
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