Case Study Management : Case Management

The focus of this paper is case management. Case management has evolved into a diverse profession which includes many disciplines and is exercised in many settings. Case management involves the process of coordinating multiple services on behalf of clients and has been practiced now for several decades. Many disciplines have engaged in case management and identify themselves as case managers. Case managers work with many populations and settings and play an important role in today’s society. The following analysis explores how case management developed, how it is defined, its components, and how it relates to other nursing care delivery models. All these aspects are reviewed with the purpose to show the importance of case management

Case management services were provided. WYP (Wraparound Youth Partner) Andy Ngo gathered information from WCC (Wraparound Care Coordinator) Quoc Tran and WPP (Wraparound Parent Partner) Shannon Ortiz. The youth is in custody for 3-4 months. The youth was at court this morning. The mother declined to take the youth home. The youth is still pending court trial for another offense. The WCC Tran did not get permission for the team to visit the youth, due to the probation office is not responding. WYP Ngo is waiting for permission to visit the youth. WCC will update WYP Ngo. The next one on one will be scheduled as soon as possible.

Case management has seen rapid growth and expansion over the past decade, securing it a strong foundation in many hospitals and outpatient programs. The use of integrated case management models allows the populations that are served to continue to grow and expand to reach further vulnerable clients and their families. ICM has been found to not only be successful for individuals diagnosed with HIV, but also prisoners in the justice system, the homeless population, and young children and their families navigating difficult custody issues (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). It also enables individuals from multiple disciplines to collaborate when it comes to a client’s care plans and their needs. This allows case managers and

As previously shared at the location where I am completing clinical practice nurses coordinate timely and appropriate medical care—but nothing more. Nevertheless, case managers should follow nursing standards and practice according to them. The nurse case manager enjoys autonomy and independence. They receive training and preparation to face their daily challenges and succeed. Recently, the company has developed and is promoting the use of a phone application to facilitate the billing process. The billing process is the method used by this company to show the case manager’s productivity. The productivity is reflected on how many activities each case manager performs for each individual referral or client. The activities vary; it could be from

This model of care uses the help of case managers to deliver the highly complex healthcare service effectively to the patients, who have catastrophic health problems, and high cost health conditions (Finkelman, 2016). In our hospital case managers are RNs and they work with team to achieve desired patient outcome. There is a study in Lippincott nursing center which states that the use of case management model reduced the average length of stay in hospital by 1.57 days compared to the traditional models. It also explained that the use of communication, collaboration and coordination of care through a RN case manager nursing model of care, will reduce the cost of care and at the same time it will maintain the expected high-quality care with limited human resources (Case Management Delivery Models: The Impact of Indirect Care Givers on Organizational Outcomes).

Case management programs are concerned with both reducing costs, and improving quality of care. Providing patients with the care they need is essential for a health care organization, it is also essential to provide care in a cost effective manner. Case management program goals include: promoting patient satisfaction by optimizing patient self-care, and providing high quality, cost-effective care (Case Management, n.d.). To focus on improving quality of care, case management programs must focus on the patient, routinely involve the patient in the development of the care plan, routinely monitor, evaluate, and modify the care plan to achieve optimal patient outcomes, and collaborate care with all members of the team (Case

According to IC & RC, Case Management is defined as, “activities intended to bring services, agencies, resources, or people together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts” (Herdman, John W., 6th Ed.). Case management is a concerted effort of various professionals in the human social services network that assess’, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates options required to meet the client’s health and human service needs. It is characterized by advocacy, communication, resource management and promotes quality cost-effective intervention outcomes. The Case Management Process centers on the client and the client’s support system. It is holistic in its approach to the management of the client’s individual and specific situation and that of the client’s support system. It is adaptive both to the case manager’s practice setting and to the healthcare setting in which the client receives services. Case management is not a profession unto itself however; it is a cross-disciplinary and interdependent specialty practice within the health and human services profession. Everyone directly or indirectly involved in healthcare benefits when healthcare professionals and

The first article I chose was “Being a good nurse and doing the right thing: a qualitative study.”(Smith & Godfrey, 2002, p.301) I definitely agree with the way this study was performed. I’m not sure how it could be blended to include quantitative data unless maybe there was a number scale used with a certain adjective such as on a scale from 0-10 how would you rate yourself as a kind nurse? Or how would you rate yourself as a compassionate nurse? Again, I don’t think that this study could be all quantitative because each person’s idea of kind or compassionate could mean something entirely different. I think age and the way a nurse was raised would bring about a difference in how someone feels regarding ones virtue and what exactly it means to them.

Case studies are effective qualitative methods that focus on a particular group’s experiences to understand a specific phenomenon. ( Merriam, 2009) In addressing the problem of the academic disparities between white and African-American students, I selected and implemented the case study method. This study consisted of three unique focus groups. The participants of these groups were members of the local African-American community who was also a parent, educator and/or clergy. Participants were divided into three socio-economic groups: group # 20 ( 20K and below), group #40 ( 40k to 70k) and group # 70 ( 70k and above) Ten participants were eligible and invited for the study however only 6 participants to attend each group with the exception

I called the constituent and had a long phone conversation and this worker had a hard time following the constituent conversation because she changed back and forth topic, sometimes talking two different and unrelated topics at the same time. Ms Barbarito was very agitated trying to say many things at the same time and at times she was babbling and even stammering incomplete sentences. To make it even harder, it was a beep and constant sound emitted by her phone. I asked her if she is having issues with her phone, she said yes, and asked this worker to hold on please. It seemed like she was typing on her phone, she then said was trying to mute the alert beep, but she couldn’t. She asked this worker to call her again. I called her again but

A case study is a specific instance that is frequently designed to illustrate a more general principle (Nisbet and Watt, 1984). Hitchock and Hughes (1995) further suggest that the case study approach is particularly valuable when the researcher has little control over evens. Case studies strives to portray ‘what it like’ to be a particular situation, to catch up reality and ‘thick description’ (Geertz, 1973) of participants’ lives experiences of, thoughts about and feelings for a situation. They involve looking at a case or phenomenon in its real-life context, usually employing many types of data (Robson, 2002). It is important in case studies for events and situations to be allowed to speak for themselves, rather than to be largely interpreted, evaluated or judged by the researcher. In this respect the case study is akin to the television documentary. Case studies can make theoretical statements, but, like other forms of research and human sciences, these must be supported by the evidence presented.

In the world of psychology, there are a plethora number of research methods that can be used while conducting research. Case studies are one of the methods that are used. There are numerous reasons why researchers use case studies for their research. Although there are advantages and disadvantages of using the case study approach, there are many resources one can use throughout conducting a case study. Case studies are used for distinctive scenarios concerning an individual, community, or group of people.

In reading the first article Coach Knight: The Will to Win, I found the article found Coach Knight to be very offensive and mean to his players. Coach Knight did not display good leadership skills. According to the article, Coach Knight’s drive and passion for excellence was not always received as well as his record of wins and losses Snook, Per low, Delacey, 2005).

As the information is collected, researchers strive to make sense of their data. Generally, researchers interpret their data in one of two ways: holistically or through coding. Holistic analysis does not attempt to break the evidence into parts, but rather to draw conclusions based on the text as a whole. Flower and Hayes (1981), for example, make inferences from entire sections of their students' protocols, rather than searching through the transcripts to look for isolatable characteristics.

A business case is a well-reason argument which is documented to convince a decision maker for an action by considering the changes, risks involved and cost. It has to articulate a clear path to ROI. For complex issues, business case must be documented. For many projects, business case may not be clear so documentation is required. A well-crafted business case outlines all the necessary feasible approaches for a given problem and business owners can be able to choose the option that best suits the organization. A business case document must outline the strengths and weaknesses with justification both perspectives like taking a required action and influences caused by not taking an action. It should be an argument for the implementation.