title: Case management and technology: a necessary fit for the future.
abstract: We now reside in a data-driven health care environment and methods for gathering, presenting, and evaluating relevant data about health care systems are paramount. This article expands on the importance of evaluating the outcomes of case management and how collecting relevant clinical and cost data can provide an infrastructure on which to base future decisions. Data-based decision making in case management is crucial for ensuring quality of care and the appropriate management of patient outcomes, and it underpins the viability of this delivery model of care.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Skiba
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000639:trends*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000639:trends; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States