Importance Of Case Management In Health Care
Describe three factors (may be a combination of economic, geographical, social, system-oriented, and/or legislative factors) that have prompted the development of case management in health care.
According to Cohen and Cesta (2005) one of the factors that have prompted the development of case management is economics. This is due to the cutbacks that are being experienced in the reimbursement process. In this time period where government cutbacks are being experienced throughout healthcare it was necessary to implement a way to be able to manage the patient’s care in a more cost effective manner yet still deliver an appropriate level of care and obtain the most favorable outcome for the patient (p.8). Case management plays a great part in reducing …show more content…
One of the barriers that are present is that of the patriarchal relationship among the physician and the nurse. The nurse has been viewed as being a subservient to the physician for quite a long time. This portrayal of roles makes it very difficult to collaborate amongst each other as there is a conflict of power. This impedes collaboration as it cannot take place when hierarchy is present and not everyone’s knowledge is taken into consideration. Along with this gender is also another barrier that can attributed to a lack of collaboration as although the nursing field is growing in the amount of men who are in the field the physician field still remains to be predominately male (Fewster-Thuente & Velsor-Friedrich, 2008, …show more content…
One of these competencies is to be able to collaborate with individuals of other professions while maintaining mutual respect. Another competency is having the quality of effective communication as it plays a key role in having a resourceful team. Having the ability to communicate with the patients and their families and other healthcare professionals is imperative to maintaining a collaborative team approach. Another key component is having the ability to apply one’s own knowledge and recognize one’s role. This will allow other professions to be included in the team approach to be able to properly assess the needs of the patient and the population attended
According to Cohen and Cesta (2005) one of the factors that have prompted the development of case management is economics. This is due to the cutbacks that are being experienced in the reimbursement process. In this time period where government cutbacks are being experienced throughout healthcare it was necessary to implement a way to be able to manage the patient’s care in a more cost effective manner yet still deliver an appropriate level of care and obtain the most favorable outcome for the patient (p.8). Case management plays a great part in reducing …show more content…
One of the barriers that are present is that of the patriarchal relationship among the physician and the nurse. The nurse has been viewed as being a subservient to the physician for quite a long time. This portrayal of roles makes it very difficult to collaborate amongst each other as there is a conflict of power. This impedes collaboration as it cannot take place when hierarchy is present and not everyone’s knowledge is taken into consideration. Along with this gender is also another barrier that can attributed to a lack of collaboration as although the nursing field is growing in the amount of men who are in the field the physician field still remains to be predominately male (Fewster-Thuente & Velsor-Friedrich, 2008, …show more content…
One of these competencies is to be able to collaborate with individuals of other professions while maintaining mutual respect. Another competency is having the quality of effective communication as it plays a key role in having a resourceful team. Having the ability to communicate with the patients and their families and other healthcare professionals is imperative to maintaining a collaborative team approach. Another key component is having the ability to apply one’s own knowledge and recognize one’s role. This will allow other professions to be included in the team approach to be able to properly assess the needs of the patient and the population attended