Disease Management
A Guide for Case Managers
- 1st Edition - February 4, 2005
- Latest edition
- Author: Diane Huber
- Language: English
Written specifically for case managers, this innovative reference presents a practical integration of disease management and case management to ensure comprehensive coverage of… Read more
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Description
Description
Written specifically for case managers, this innovative reference presents a practical integration of disease management and case management to ensure comprehensive coverage of these two rapidly evolving and expanding fields. It explains and clarifies these two areas with in-depth expert commentary that offers a fresh, contemporary approach and captures both provider and payor perspectives. Its strong emphasis on evidence-based practice helps ensure that disease managers are using the best evidence to formulate the best results.
Key features
Key features
- Comprehensive, targeted content makes it one of the only resources available for practicing disease managers
- Wide variety of coverage includes chronic illnesses such as congestive heart failure, as well as management of those conditions such as pregnancy that do not indicate an unhealthy or diseased state
- Expert author contributions offer practical guidance and interdisciplinary perspectives
- Chapters provide case studies or case scenarios to demonstrate the ways in which case managers nationwide have responded to treatment challenges with success
- Emphasis on preventive care stresses the most practical and cost-effective solution to today's rising health care costs
- Authors detail specific tips, tools, and techniques that managers can put to use in practice
- Chapters are organized into three separate parts to present the information logically
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part 1: Overview of Disease Management and Case Management
1. Overview of Disease Management
2. Disease Management Perspectives in Insurance and Managed Care
3. Predictive Modeling and Its Application to Disease and Case Management
4. Case Management: A Contemporary View
5. Roles and Functions of Case Management
6. The Diversity of Service Delivery Models
Part 2: Disease Management
7. Congestive Heart Failure
8. Diabetes Mellitus
9. Asthma
10. Catastrophic Injury
11. Long-Term Care and the Frail Elderly
12. Substance Abuse
13. Health Management of the Medically Indigent
14. Care Management of High-Risk Pregnant Women
Part 3: Disease Management and Case Management Contexts
15. Social Work and Nursing
16. Disability Legislation and Rehabilitation
17. Occupational Health, Workers’ Compensation, and Rehabilitation
1. Overview of Disease Management
2. Disease Management Perspectives in Insurance and Managed Care
3. Predictive Modeling and Its Application to Disease and Case Management
4. Case Management: A Contemporary View
5. Roles and Functions of Case Management
6. The Diversity of Service Delivery Models
Part 2: Disease Management
7. Congestive Heart Failure
8. Diabetes Mellitus
9. Asthma
10. Catastrophic Injury
11. Long-Term Care and the Frail Elderly
12. Substance Abuse
13. Health Management of the Medically Indigent
14. Care Management of High-Risk Pregnant Women
Part 3: Disease Management and Case Management Contexts
15. Social Work and Nursing
16. Disability Legislation and Rehabilitation
17. Occupational Health, Workers’ Compensation, and Rehabilitation
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 4, 2005
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Diane Huber
Professor Emeritus Diane Huber works at the College of Nursing and College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus College of Nursing and College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA