{"title":"Growth of Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Lands New Opportunities for Case Management.","authors":"Kathleen Moreo, Tamar Sapir","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000688","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/objectives: </strong>An increase in the use of remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) has been spurred by nationwide factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, authorized reimbursement of RTM by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and more frequent use of big data analytics in health care delivery. This article discusses the use of RTM by care teams at the point of care and explores the role of the case manager in RTM to address patients' unmet needs.</p><p><strong>Primary practice settings: </strong>Although RTM may be utilized across inpatient and outpatient levels of care, this article focuses on outpatient care such as community clinics, provider groups, and home health care.</p><p><strong>Findings/conclusions: </strong>When implemented along with care management interventions, RTM applications have the potential to improve patient adherence, enhance communication between patients and their providers, streamline resource allocation, and address social determinants of health impacting patient care and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>RTM reimbursement models are rapidly evolving, utilizing real-world and patient-reported data to identify and initiate timely, individualized solutions that meet the holistic needs of each patient. Use of an RTM system allows the case manager to build rapport with the patient while quickly identifying care gaps and delivering appropriate interventions that can maximize patient outcomes. RTM can drive savings and bring revenue to the system or practice while providing salient documentation of social determinants of health that can be addressed with validation of proven care coordination interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"63-69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138452820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case Managers From Around the World Come Together to Discover Solutions and Drive Change.","authors":"Colleen M Morley","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000693","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000693","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"30-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Ambulatory Patients With Huntington's Disease With Case Management: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000704","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000704","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"E3-E4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practice Perspectives on Care Coordination in Rural Settings.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000703","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"E1-E2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing a Dyad Case Management Model in the Emergency Department.","authors":"Mary E Buckley","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000697","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"41-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Present State of Cannabis Law and Its Effect on Case Management Practice.","authors":"Lynn S Muller","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000695","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000695","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"34-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julie M Kapp, Beau Underwood, Kristi Ressel, Kathleen Quinn
{"title":"Practice Perspectives on Care Coordination in Rural Settings.","authors":"Julie M Kapp, Beau Underwood, Kristi Ressel, Kathleen Quinn","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000679","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000679","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Social needs and nonmedical health determinants are increasingly incorporated into care coordination models. However, little is known about the practice of operationalizing enhanced care coordination, particularly in rural settings. The objective of this study was to determine care coordination practices in rural settings that integrate social services with health care.</p><p><strong>Primary practice settings: </strong>Staff and administrators in rural Missouri health and health care settings were interviewed about their organization's implementation of enhanced care coordination practices.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>This is a mixed-methods study; 16 key informant structured interviews were conducted across 14 organizations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Organizations reported a median care coordination population of 800 (range: 50-21,500) across a median of 11 case managers (range: 3-375). The percentage of organizations reporting social determinants of health services included the following: 100% transportation, 86% mental health, 79% food, 71% housing, and 50% dental. Implementation of the essential indicators of care coordination quality ranged from 41.7% to 100%. We report organizations' innovative solutions to care coordination barriers.</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>This study contributes to a very limited literature on the practice of rural care coordination by assessing the quality of care provided compared with a recommended standard. This study also contributes an in-depth reporting on the variety of service models being implemented. Finally, this study uniquely contributes innovative interprofessional examples of enhanced care coordination initiatives. These examples may provide inspiration for rural health care organizations. As the care coordination landscape evolves to include social determinants of health, there remain important fundamental barriers to ensuring quality of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":" ","pages":"4-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10029503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Passages and Transitions Being the \"First\" Sets Case Management's Pulse.","authors":"Ellen Fink-Samnick","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000694","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000694","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"32-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of a Modified Early Screening for Discharge Tool to Optimize Case Manager Efficiency and Impact Length of Stay.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000689","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"28 6","pages":"E21-E22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41215524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}