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Informationen zum Autor JANET SNODDON is Deputy Director of Corporate Performance & Standards, NHS Sefton She was the Lead for Long Term conditions at both South Sefton and Southport and Formby PCTs (organisations which have now merged into NHS Sefton), developing case management services. She is also the Non Medical Prescribing clinical lead for Northwest SHA. Klappentext The importance of appropriate and effective management of patient with long term chronic conditions cannot be underestimated, and both the Department of Health and the public are expecting much from the improvements and changes outlined in the recently published review by Lord Darzi. Case Management of Long Term Conditions aims to provide all appropriate practitioners across all the professions (nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists including social care practitioners) who might be involved in delivery of proactive case management with a practical understanding of how their knowledge and skills can be utilised to improve outcomes for people with Chronic Long Term Conditions. The text contains some broad reflections on care and service delivery based on reviews of evidence and views from clinicians in the use of these skills and competencies to deliver improved outcomes for these clients. Zusammenfassung * A topical and timely book on one of the current key prioritiesof the NHS * Provides clear information on case management competences forthe care of people with long term conditions * Includes both patient and carer perspectives * Written by an expert in the field . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductionix 1 Background to the Implementation of Case Management Models for Chronic Long-Term Conditions within the National Health Service 1 Introduction 1 Primary care management of long-term conditions 2 How management approaches have been developed 3 Developing and delivering care 4 Future of care 5 The impact and cost of chronic disease 6 Identifying patients who require case management 7 National guidelines and evidence-based practice 8 Embedding evidence in practice 8 Making progress in the management of chronic conditions 9 Modernising care in the National Health Service 10 Developing case management and care delivery 10 Case management in the National Health Service 11 Promotion of self-management and self-care 13 Partnerships and expectations 13 Conclusion 15 References 15 2 Case Management Models: Nationally and Internationally 18 Introduction 18 The context for case management in the NHS 20 Impact of managed care models 21 International models of care reviewed 22 The Alaskan Medical Service 22 Kaiser Permanente (North California) 24 Group Health Cooperative (Seattle, Washington) 25 HealthPartners (Minnesota) 25 Touchpoint Health Plan (Wisconsin) 26 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Connecticut) 26 UnitedHealth Europe Evercare 26 Amsterdam HealthCare System (the Netherlands) 27 Outcome intervention model (New Zealand) 28 National model of chronic disease prevention and control (Australia) 28 Guided Care (United States) 28 PACE (United States) 28 Veterans Affairs (Unites States) 29 Improving Chronic Illness Care (Seattle) 29 Expanded Chronic Care Model (Canada) 29 Pfizer (United States) 29 Green Ribbon Health: Medicare in health support (Florida) 30 What do these models provide? 30 Models in use in England 30 Care management in social care 32 Case management models in the NHS 32 Joint NHS and social care 36 Data for case management 38 Evaluation 38 Conclusion 40 References 41 3 Competencies for Managing Long-Term...
