title: Case management evolves: asthma care points the way.
abstract: Case Management was once a simple administrative matter--an insurance adjuster managing a workers' compensation claim. Today, case managers with nursing, social work, or vocational rehabilitation backgrounds work directly with physicians, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, and other organizations. Case managers now coordinate the health care needs of patients with chronic conditions like asthma or diabetes and patients with catastrophic medical problems such as cancer or severe burns.
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D019090:Case Management / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care