title: Hospital group saves money with data on nurse case management.
abstract: When most health care organizations think about acute care, they think in episodic terms. But one small group of hospitals anticipates that by extending data collection outward, it can improve patient care and save money at the same time.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019985:Benchmarking; D019090:Case Management; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009732:Nursing Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014768:Virginia