Case management: creativity in the ambulatory environment.
Case managers, serving as advocates for patients, can provide excellent cost-benefit to medical groups and patients alike. The author describes some of the important aspects of case management initiatives and how medical groups, in particular, can approach their implementation.
Unified Medical Group Association, Seal Beach, CA 90740.
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