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Book Sequel
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The new book, The Case Management Workbook, is a sequel to
The Case Management Sourcebook:
A Guide to Designing and Implementing a Centralized Case Management System
which was authored by Cherilyn Murer and Lyndean Brick in 1997. This new updated case management workbook reflects a number of important regulatory changes that have occurred in the past 13 years, as well as the new landscape of healthcare reform.
As with the 1997 publication, Murer Consultants believes this book will serve as an important resource for case managers, administrators, physicians and others who play a role in the case management process.
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Murer Consultants, Inc.
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Cherilyn G. Murer, JD, CRA
President/CEO
cmurer@murer.com
Michael A. Murer, JD
Executive Vice President
mmurer@murer.com
Lyndean L. Brick, JD
Senior Vice President
lbrick@murer.com
58 North Chicago Street
7th Floor
Joliet, Illinois 60432
(815) 727-3355
Fax: (815) 727-3360
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PRODUCTIVITY PRESS
and
MURER CONSULTANTS
ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A
NEW BOOK
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Case Management has become one of the most effective means by which a continuum of care functions effectively and efficiently. A complete examination of the application of continuum of care, The Case Management Workbook: Defining the Role of Physicians, Nurses, and Case Managers defines the roles of the case management team and provides an overview of key post acute venues of care. It supplies an overview of the process, its structure, and the responsibility of each member of the team. The book discusses how managing the care of the patient in today's healthcare environment will take a concerted effort from the entire case management team -- not just a handful of case managers.
The authors demonstrate that the case management team includes many more individuals than simply those with the title of case manager. The team must consist of key clinical personnel including the nurse, the physician and the case manager, each of whom have specific roles in case management. The book also highlights the role administration plays in assuring each member of the team is on board with the hospital's or health system's goal in assuring the patient is at the right place at the right time in their episode of care.
In the words of the authors, case managers are ...the unsung heroes of effective healthcare delivery. they push and they prod, they inform and they educate, they provide valuable information to physicians and families with a common goal -- to assure the patient is provided care in the most appropriate venue correlative to the medical resources needed and provided. In the book they explore a key byproduct of an effective case management system -- the realization of an effective integrated health system whereby physicians and hospitals are aligned as caretakers of future health resources.
This book is a compendium of experiences and ideas garnered over the past 25 years. It reflects the struggles and successes of hospitals and health systems, government and other third-party payers, doctors, nurses, clinicians, and administrators who work every day to better the American health delivery system. |
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