{"title":"Inclusive Communication and Continuous Bias Assessment are Crucial in Case Management.","authors":"Michelle G Rhodes","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000810","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective case management should include inclusive communication methods. Implicit biases can unwittingly influence professional communication, patient engagement, and treatment adhesion, requiring continuing awareness and education. By blending inclusive communication strategies, case managers can establish an environment where everyone is in the same boat. In this way, all patients have equal access to medical care. As case managers take responsibility for patients in trouble, the patients can trust them more, and it is much easier to cope with their different needs. Prioritizing these aspects helps drive meaningful progress towards attaining health equity and improves long-term healthcare outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"30 4","pages":"172-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Professional Case Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NCM.0000000000000810","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/5/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Effective case management should include inclusive communication methods. Implicit biases can unwittingly influence professional communication, patient engagement, and treatment adhesion, requiring continuing awareness and education. By blending inclusive communication strategies, case managers can establish an environment where everyone is in the same boat. In this way, all patients have equal access to medical care. As case managers take responsibility for patients in trouble, the patients can trust them more, and it is much easier to cope with their different needs. Prioritizing these aspects helps drive meaningful progress towards attaining health equity and improves long-term healthcare outcomes.
期刊介绍:
Professional Case Management: The Leader in Evidence-Based Practice is a peer-reviewed, contemporary journal that crosses all case management settings. The Journal features best practices and industry benchmarks for the professional case manager and also features hands-on information for case managers new to the specialty. Articles focus on the coordination of services, management of payer issues, population- and disease-specific aspects of patient care, efficient use of resources, improving the quality of care/patient safety, data and outcomes analysis, and patient advocacy. The Journal provides practical, hands-on information for day-to-day activities, as well as cutting-edge research.