Over the course of our lifetime we come into contact with a number of seemingly duplicate abbreviations, and today our abbreviation is one that we need to look at when examining people who provided patient care.
This abbreviation is a person's role at the institution in which they are currently employed and may change if they move to another institution or get promoted within the institution, so it is important to identify when speaking to them, that you are interested in speaking with them in that particular role because that was the role they served for the patient.
With that:
CM- case manager or case management
A key note about this abbreviation, unless it is the person's writing style to inconsistently capitalize letters, this abbreviation is always capitalized to help differentiate it from cm (centimeters).
Examples
Pt. was seen by CM staff today ahead of d/c to ensure all HH needs were addressed.
(Patient was seen by case management staff today ahead of discharge to ensure all home health needs were addressed).
Nancy Nurse RN, MSN, CM
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