title: Intensive CM cuts ED visits, hospitalizations.
abstract: The Intensive Case Management Program at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, CA, connects frequent emergency department users with community-based services and has cut emergency department visits by 42% and acute care admissions by 44%. Patients are young with multiple physical illnesses, substance abuse, and mental health issues. Intensive case management coordinators work closely with patients on a treatment plan, help them access community resources, and go with them to physician visits. They visit patients in the emergency department and the hospital and revise their treatment plan.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D015897:Comorbidity; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D000078329:Workforce