Case Management
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. ... Read more...

The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although African American adults bear a disproportionate burden from diabetes mellitus (DM), few randomized controlled trials have tested culturally appropriate interventions to improve DM care. METHODS: We randomly assigned 542 African ... Read more...

Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection.

29 Sep 2009 Clostridium difficile is the aetiological agent for almost all cases of pseudo membranous colitis and 15-25% of antibiotic associated diarrhoea. In recent years, C. difficile associated disease (CDAD) has been increasing in frequency and severity ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Case Management'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• You get what you pay for. 30 Oct 2009
• Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients. 30 Oct 2009
• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. 24 Oct 2009
• Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection. 29 Sep 2009
• Progress on primary care management of depression. 13 Sep 2009
• Case management for depression by health care assistants in small primary care practices: a cluster randomized trial. 13 Sep 2009
• Health reform stakeholders push medication adherence. 30 Aug 2009
• Integrated dementia care in The Netherlands: a multiple case study of case management programmes. 30 Aug 2009
• More resources to protect children. 30 Aug 2009
• Service and support needs of Australian carers supporting a family member with disability at home. 30 Aug 2009
• Telephone case management reduces both distress and psychiatric hospitalization. 30 Aug 2009
• Patient-centered medical home: improving health care by shifting the focus to patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Models for integrating rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study. 30 Aug 2009
• Comprehensive outpatient health assessment: a case-finding tool in 500 consecutive asymptomatic individuals. 30 Aug 2009
• Enhancing patient safety in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Surviving sepsis in low-income and middle-income countries: new directions for care and research. 30 Aug 2009
• Schizophrenia. 20 Aug 2009
• Management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a state of the art review. 5 Aug 2009
• Cochrane Reviews of non-medication-based psychotherapeutic and other interventions for schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Case Management'

Definition: A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

Descriptor UI: D019090

Alternative terms: Case Management;

Related Mesh Headings: Managed Care Programs;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.624.250;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: all health professionals' activities to insure coord of services for the patient