Prepare for a new career as a case manager—or just upgrade your skills to a whole new level—with the newly updated Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice, 4th Edition. 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. Whether you are a nurse transitioning to case management or already active in it, this is your road map to coordinating successful patient care, from hospital to home. Build a strong case management career foundation, with expert, evidence-based direction: NEW chapter on case manager orientation programs that offers orientation checklists, competency assessment, and learning profiles, with available online tools NEW topics on current practice issues and developments, including the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and value-based care NEW content on experiential, problem-based learning—learning practices, training programs, case management team professional development Offers in-depth, evidence-based guidance on: The case manager’s roles, functions, and tasks Key concepts—quality management and outcomes evaluation, legal and ethical considerations, case management process, utilization management, transitions of care The role of the nurse case manager versus social worker role Strategies that ensure effectiveness of case management models Coordinating care, protecting privacy and confidentiality, health insurance benefit analysis, practice standards The Case Management Code of Professional Conduct, accreditation agencies and standards, specialty board certifications Management of resources and reimbursement concepts Case management in various settings—acute care, emergency department, admissions, perioperative services, disease management, insurance case management, palliative care, end-of-life care, hospice, home health care, physician groups, public health/community-based care, rehabilitation Ideal preparation for the CCMC exam—offers a large portion of CCMC exam content—and for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Case Management study A must-have desk reference that offers plentiful case studies—considered to be “the bible” of case management
This practical text equips students with the fundamental information and skills needed to be effective case managers, covering such central issues as the responsibilities of case management, competencies needed for ethical and multicultural ...
The fifth edition focuses on what is most important for students to consider, document, and pass along in each step of the human services process.
The evolution of case management and the professional case manager -- Mechanics of ICM, health complexity, and integration between behavioral health and physical health -- Global models of integrated case management -- Assessing the adult ...
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.
Olds , D.L. , Eckenrode , J. , Henderson , C.R. , Jr. , Kitzman , H. , Powers , J. , Cole , R. , Sidora , K. , Morris , P. , Pettitt , L.M. , & Luckey , D. ( 1997 ) . Long - term effects of nurse home visitation on maternal life course ...
The offender, David Berkowitz, confessed to killing six people and wounding seven others in the course of eight shootings. The interesting thing was that Berkowitz was linked to the murders by a parking citation which had been placed on ...
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.
The Early Years : The Evolution of Nursing Case Management Karen Zander , MS , RN , CS The mid - 1980s marked the convergence of strong nursing beliefs and management methods for health care that became , like the American Revolution ...
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.
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.