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1Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick , is an award-winning industry entrepreneur whose focus is on competency-based case management, interprofessional ethics, wholistic health equity, quality, and trauma-informed leadership. She is a content-developer, professional speaker, author, and educator with academic appointments at Cummings Graduate Institute of Behavioral Health Studies and George Mason University's School of Public Health. Dr. Fink-Samnick is a member of the PMCJ editorial board and serves as editor of the journal's HeartBeat of Case Management department. She also serves in national leadership and consultant roles across the industry, including as current Vice-Chair for CMSA's DEIB Core Committee.
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Case management's interdisciplinary workforce is among the profession's superpowers. Use of the interprofessional team is intrinsic to workforce success, especially in demonstrating positive clinical, fiscal, and operational outcomes. However ongoing challenges within the industry contribute to case management's superpower being often viewed as its kryptonite. Amid the solid foundation imposed by standards of practice, research, and interprofessional education to validate the importance of interprofessional collaboration, what must happen for case managers across disciplines to stand together rather than siloed and apart?
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