The Outcomes Mandate: Case Management in Health Care Today

THE OUTCOMES MANDATE: CASE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE TODAY presents a collection of real-life experiences along with research and findings to prepare case managers to meet the challenges they face today. It gives readers a more global perspective of nursing's work with others, important contributions, and results of partnership with service agencies, clinical care providers, consumers, HMOs, and communities. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book takes a results-oriented approach by exploring the outcomes necessary to create healthy populations, improved quality of life, and a more responsive healthcare system in a cost-effective manner.