manager

[man´ah-jer]

one who controls how something is done or used.

case manager the health care professional responsible for formulating a coordinated, comprehensive plan for individuals who need long-term health care supervision. It is the responsibility of the case manager to work with all health care providers, the patient, the patient's significant others, third party payers, and health care facilities in order to identify and meet the patient's needs.

case manager

A generic term for the person with administrative responsibility for a particular case, typically in the context of a disciplinary action—e.g., a case under investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC).

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For case managers, using resources well means embracing technology.

Six steps to the win: a successful strategy for caseload management

2) Can case managers change the slope of the effects of WA, stigma, or both?

Do treatment processes matter more than stigma? The relative impacts of working alliance, provider effects, and self-stigma on consumers' perceived quality of life

The longer consumers had received services from the agency, the lower they appraised their working alliances with their case managers. One might expect that length of time in treatment would be associated with increased working alliance scores, given greater lengths of time to develop this type of relationship with a case manager.

An exploration of the working alliance in mental health case management

The seven organizations in the coalition opened their doors to allow GCC case managers to work part-time onsite.

Coalition weathers a storm: after Hurricane Ike, a provider uses its continuum of care model to help the community recover

LifeWorks case managers guide clients in setting individualized goals and engage them in a collaborative process of goal attainment and monitoring.

Enhancing adolescent brain development through goal-setting activities

During prenatal visits at People's Community Clinic, Tandem case managers recruit patients to the program.

Young, pregnant, and underinsured: growing demand calls for cost-effective collaboration between health and social workers

Pink slips went out yesterday to 100 case managers and 20 administrators as part of budget-cutting announced in October to offset a $1.4 billion deficit in the state budget, according to Kristina Barry, a state Health and Human Services spokeswoman.

DMH axes 100 case managers assigned to help the mentally ill

The coding system included themes such as "working alliance" which identified all the sections of text in which clients discussed their relationship with the strengths-based case manager. The working alliance theme was subdivided into other codes such as "client reactions towards the case manager" and "case manager reactions towards the client." For instance, "persistence," "support," and "personalization" (treating the client as a person) are examples of emergent categories identified by clients as meaningful for the client/case manager relationship.

Understanding the working alliance between persons with substance abuse problems and strengths-based case managers ([dagger])

Another bonus of experience as a case manager: As you move into your career as an independent CLNC[R] consultant, you'll find the transition easy because you are primarily autonomous in your case management practice.

Top 10 reasons case managers are uniquely qualified to review medical-related cases