Multidisciplinary teams, outreach or home care, and case management improve the quality of care in the terminally ill and the mentally ill

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Jacky Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams

Guilhème Pérodeau et Denyse Côté (Eds.). Le virage ambulatoire : Défis et enjeux. Sainte-Foy, QC: Presses de l'Université du Québec. 2002.

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-192
Author(s):  
Aline Vézina
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Nursing Personnel ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Core ◽  
Care At Home

ABSTRACTThis book is comprised of three sections: the problems and consequences of the push for more de-institutionalized health care, the issues that crop up in this context, and the perceptions of the caregiver. At the core of this text are the two groups of women who are most present in this new context: the informal caregivers or family helpers and the nurses. Three conclusions become evident. Firstly, the push for home care has many negative consequences, especially for women. Secondly, although the help of a family member makes possible the dispensation of care at home, something wished for by most patients, it also entails an increase in, and professionalization of, the tasks for the caregiving family member. Finally, using the home as the place of care also has the consequence of increasing the tasks of nursing personnel, to the point where there is a perception that the quality of care has decreased.

Case Management and Quality of Care for Diabetic Patients

Diabetes Care ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 59-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Korn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Diabetic Patients

scholarly journals Case management at Warringal Private Hospital: Challenges of development, implementation and evaluation

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Yarmo ◽  
Melissa McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Lower Health ◽  
Successful Outcomes

Case management has the potential to improve the quality of care for patients,streamline efficiencies within organisations, and ultimately lower health careexpenditure. This article explores why Warringal Private Hospital embraced theconcept and how the chosen model of case management was developed. It describesthe implementation and evaluation of the model and how it was received, accepted,and applied by the various stakeholders. The cardiac and orthopaedic units will becited as case studies in order to emphasise some of the challenges encountered in thisprocess as well as the successful outcomes. It should be noted, however, that each unitwithin the hospital is unique and, although the principles of case management havebeen applied throughout the hospital, the development, implementation andevaluation has been specific to each unit.

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