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A comprehensive case management program at Desert Oasis Healthcare that provides care coordination for patients throughout the continuum keeps patients healthier and out of the hospital. And it's cost effective.
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"We don't say it is always easy to manage diabetes, but we do say that diabetes is a manageable disease," says Janis McWilliams, RN, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM, an advance practice diabetes specialist at the University of Pittsburgh (PA) Diabetes Institute.
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Many factors keep people from putting into practice what they have learned about diabetes. One frequent factor is that people do not make diabetes management a priority, says Teresa Benge, RN, CDE, CPT, a diabetes educator at Fairview Diabetes Care in Wyoming, MN.
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New research suggests that universal intimate partner violence (IPV) screening in health care settings does not result in significant changes in subsequent reports of IPV or quality of life, according to a study in the Aug. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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A unique partnership between a health plan and a physician practice is helping patients with diabetes get the care and resources they need to manage their disease.
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National Case Management Week, Oct. 11-17, is the perfect opportunity for case managers in all settings to educate their co-workers, the public, and politicians about the value of case management. But don't stop there.
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If you had to name something that costs American businesses an estimated $4.1 billion a year in direct medical and mental health care services, would you think of intimate partner violence?
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All that hard work educating lawmakers, providers, and the public about the value of case management is paying off. This year, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has been invited to give input into the health care reform bills under consideration by Congress, the new president of CMSA, Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, says.
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In an increasingly diverse society, case managers must be aware of the cultural beliefs and practices of the people they serve in order to effectively coordinate their care and help patients or clients adhere to their treatment plan, says Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, BS, CRRN, CCM, president and founder of Mullahy & Associates, a case management training and consulting company.
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Increasingly, health plans and provider organizations are taking steps to understand the beliefs and values in the populations they serve and help gear their treatment plan to accommodate them.
