Catherine Mullahy, RN, BS, CRRN, CCM
Huntington, N.Y.
Years of Presidency: 2001-2002
The Importance of Community-Based Case Management
“The healthcare delivery system, while technologically advanced and with more of an eye today toward improving outcomes and patient safety, I think it’s still much in need of the kind of personal and professional connection of a caring case manager. I think we have the ability to meet that need, and out commitment to patients and passion for the process of case management will enable us to serve these patients one patient at a time.”
Introduction:
Catherine Mullahy joins the Leadership Interviews as one of the healthcare industry’s foremost leaders presently advocating higher standards in healthcare case management. She has more than 35 years of experience managing healthcare delivery at home, hospitals and hospices in a critical care setting. She was owner of Options Unlimited, a national case management company that provided national case management services to a variety of employers and managed care organizations. Catherine was also editor in chief of Case Manager magazine and laid the groundwork for many in the profession through her editorials and timely articles. Her leadership is evident in past roles as president of the National Board of the Case Management Society of America and chair of the Commission for Case Manager Certification, among other high profile positions. Her book, The Case Manager’s Handbook, now in its third edition, is widely recognized as the industry’s definitive textbook and is used throughout the United States, Canada and other graduate and undergraduate nursing and health management courses.
Leadership Interview: Catherine shares her passion for the practice of case management and an exciting new path she is taking with her newly formed company, Mullahy Associates LLC.
To learn more about the new initiatives Catherine is embarking on, please email her directly at cmullahy@mullahyassociates.com or call 631-673-0406.
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