25. Case Management Flashcards
4 changes to healthcare in recent years
- incentives provided for value-based care outcomes and not fee-for-service
- delivery of care now organized through network of providers
- management of care shifted from inpatient care to primary care
- case management proves for continuum of health
the coordinated activities of multiple providers, payers, and settings through a client’ continuum of care
case management
synchronization of activities and info to improve health outcomes
case coordination
coordinate care from within and between services and levels of care
transitional care
3 essential skills for case managers
- advocacy
- conflict management
- collaboration
What does a nurse advocate place as their highest priority?
client’s rights (individual, family, or community)
How does a nurse advocate help the client with autonomy and engage them to be involved with their health care?
- informing or providing knowledge about issues or choices
- verify client understands the knowledge that has been provided
- support the client in their decision
4 parts to conflict management
- develop trust
- establish issues
- bargain and discover new solutions
- settling on the issues
7 things required for collaboration
- awareness
- tentative exploration and mutual acknowledgment
- build trust
- collegiality (define tasks for group members)
- consensus
- commitment
- collaboration
possible timeline of transitional care
- in-hospital visits/discharge planning
- home visit follow-ups/primary care office visits
- telephone follow-up for 1-3 months after discharge
6 ethical issues involved in case management
- autonomy (may be taken away if pt is unsafe)
- beneficence (more concern in cost than care)
- fidelity (make sure goals match up w/ client)
- justice (following rules of insurance)
- nonmaleficence
- veracity (may not be what client wants to hear)