It includes our Health Sciences schools- Medicine, Dental, Health Professions, Nursing and Social Welfare - a Program in Public Health, as well as Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, Long Island State Veterans Home, and more than 200 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. The RN Case Manager works collaboratively with Emergency Department physicians, nursing, Social Work, Care Management, hospital leadership, and other members of the healthcare team to evaluate patients for the most appropriate level and setting of care, facilitate timely patient progression, and identify opportunities for safe discharge or transition from the Emergency Department.