Medical Care
Following medical needs, treatment recommendations, provider involvement, and changes in the individual's condition as care progresses.
Sandra Hammel brings a nursing perspective to Case Management at AICM – Michigan. As a Registered Nurse, her clinical background helps inform the coordination of medical care, rehabilitation services, and resources for individuals with serious and complex injuries.
Sandra Hammel, RN, brings a clinical nursing perspective to her role as a Nurse Case Manager with AICM – Michigan. Her nursing background provides a foundation for understanding medical needs, treatment recommendations, rehabilitation services, and the many providers involved in an individual's care.
For individuals recovering from serious and complex injuries, care can involve multiple physicians, therapists, rehabilitation professionals, and community resources. Sandra works within that environment to help organize information, support communication, and maintain continuity as care progresses.
Her role is centered on the individual. By looking beyond any single appointment or service, Sandra helps keep the broader care picture in view while supporting coordinated medical and rehabilitation services.
Complex injuries rarely involve a single provider or treatment. Sandra's nursing background supports a clinical understanding of the different pieces of care while Case Management helps connect those pieces around the needs of the individual.
Following medical needs, treatment recommendations, provider involvement, and changes in the individual's condition as care progresses.
Helping coordinate rehabilitation services and maintain communication among the professionals involved in the individual's recovery.
Connecting providers, services, information, and resources so that the different components of care remain organized.
Supporting clear communication among the individual, healthcare providers, rehabilitation professionals, and others involved in the plan of care.
Looking beyond individual appointments to recognize barriers, changing needs, and services that may require additional coordination.
Helping maintain a consistent view of the individual's care as treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery move forward.
Nursing and Case Management bring different but complementary perspectives. Clinical knowledge helps Sandra understand the medical picture while Case Management keeps attention on how providers, services, rehabilitation, and individual needs fit together.
Effective Case Management requires more than tracking appointments. It requires understanding the individual's needs, recognizing how different services fit together, and maintaining communication among the people involved in care. Sandra approaches that process with the clinical perspective of a Registered Nurse.
Begin with the individual's medical, rehabilitation, functional, and care needs to understand the broader picture and the services already involved.
Help connect medical providers, rehabilitation professionals, services, and resources so the different components of care remain organized.
Promote communication among the individual, providers, rehabilitation professionals, and other appropriate parties involved in the plan of care.
Stay attentive to treatment recommendations, changes in needs, barriers to care, and the individual's progress as recovery continues.
Serious injuries can create changing medical, rehabilitation, and support needs. Case Management helps identify those changes and coordinate the appropriate response.
Providers, services, and treatment plans may change over time, but the purpose of Case Management remains constant: keeping attention on the individual's needs and helping coordinate the resources required to support care and recovery.
Sandra's background as a Registered Nurse provides a clinical foundation for her work as a Nurse Case Manager. That perspective supports an understanding of medical care, treatment recommendations, rehabilitation needs, and the communication required when multiple professionals are involved.
Sandra's RN credential provides the clinical foundation she brings to Case Management and the coordination of medical and rehabilitation services.
At AICM – Michigan, Sandra applies her nursing perspective to Case Management for individuals whose injuries may require care from multiple providers and disciplines.
Her work supports communication and coordination across medical care, rehabilitation services, providers, and other resources involved in the individual's recovery.
Complex Case Management often involves medical records, treatment recommendations, changing clinical needs, rehabilitation services, and communication among multiple healthcare professionals. A nursing background gives Sandra a clinical framework for understanding those components while helping keep the individual's broader care needs in view.
At AICM – Michigan, Case Management is centered on the needs of the individual. Sandra works as part of an independent Case Management team focused on coordinating appropriate care, supporting communication, and helping individuals navigate the medical and rehabilitation services involved in recovery.
Serious injuries can quickly create a complicated network of physicians, therapists, rehabilitation providers, appointments, recommendations, and support services. Effective Case Management helps bring those pieces together.
Sandra's nursing background adds a clinical perspective to that process. Her role is to help coordinate care and maintain communication while keeping the individual's needs, goals, and changing circumstances at the center of the Case Management process.
Case Management begins with the individual's needs, circumstances, goals, and plan of care.
Sandra brings the perspective of a Registered Nurse to the coordination of medical and rehabilitation services.
AICM – Michigan provides independent Case Management focused on coordinating appropriate services around the individual's needs.
Sandra Hammel and the team at AICM – Michigan provide independent, patient-focused Michigan Auto No-Fault Case Management for individuals with serious and complex injuries following Motor Vehicle Crashes throughout Michigan.