Designated a Doody's Core Title! An ideal reference guide for case managers who work with complex, multimorbid patients, The Integrated Case Management Manual helps readers enhance their ability to work with these patients, learn how to apply new evidence-based assessments, and advocate for improved quality and safe care for all patients. This text encourages case managers to assess patients with both medical and mental health barriers to improvement in order to coordinate appropriate integrated health interventions and treatment planning. Built upon the goals and values of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), this manual guides case managers through the process of developing new and important cross-disciplinary skills. These skills will allow them to alter the health trajectory of some of the neediest patients in the health care system. Key Features: Tools and resources for deploying an Integrated Health Model (physical and mental health treatment) to the medically complex patient Complexity assessment grids: a color-coded tool for tracking patient progress and outcomes throughout the trajectory of the illness Methods for building collaborative partnerships in emerging models of care delivery within multidisciplinary health care teams Strategies for using an integrated case management approach to improve efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and positive outcomes in clinical settings Guidance on connecting multi-disciplinary teams to assist with health issues in the biological, psychological, and social domains to overcome treatment resistance, reduce complications, and reduce cost of care
These are patients who may be challenged with medical and behavioral conditions, poor access to care services, as well as chronic illnesses and disabilities, and require multidisciplinary care to regain health and function.
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Developed by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), this manual provides case managers with the essential tools necessary to successfully support quality patient care within today's complex healthcare system.
This text contains the core body of knowledge for case management practice as delineated by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), the largest professional organization of case managers.
This fully-updated sixth edition offers a clear and thorough introduction to the history of the NHS, its funding and priorities, and to the process of policy making.
Ideal for case management certification (CCMC) exam preparation, this is a thorough review of the case manager’s many roles and skills, from acute to post-acute care.
Over the course of twenty years and across three editions, this text has approached case management as both an art and a science by providing students and practitioners with the basics of case management theory, skills, and applications.
Glenn D. Steele, CEO of Geisinger Health System, stated that recent studies showed that “more than 50% ofhealth care spending in the U.S. is wasted or actually harmful.”1 Robert Pearl, CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, ...
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