The Care Management Continuum

Care management is slowly moving out of the classical frame of hospitals. We see the advent of primary healthcare providers, home care , telemedicine and telephonic consults, hospice-based care today.

These developments are yet at a nascent stage in our country. Presenting the view from the US Healthcare System on the " Care Management Imperative."

Some of these issues ( such as the cost rationalization opportunities, Table 1) are relevant to our country also, as we face the unique challenge of developing advanced healthcare systems, at an affordable cost, in a developing economy:

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Written by Patricia Hines, PhD., RN, The Camden Group, Michael Randall, MHA, Advocate Health, Graham Brown, MPH, CRC, The Camden Group December 16, 2011