Disease management programs provide new opportunities and roles for case managers to provide population-based healthcare to the chronically ill. This article identifies common components of disease management programs and examines roles assumed by case managers in disease management programs such as baseline assessment, performing economic analyses of diseases and their respective associated resource utilization, developing and/or implementing care guidelines or algorithms, educational interventions, disease management program implementation, and outcomes assessment. Areas of expertise needed to be an effective case manager in a disease management program are also identified.

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Outcomes measurement in healthcare. New imperatives for professional nursing practice.

Quality of healthcare is measurable and nurses in all settings are increasingly being expected to actively participate in identifying and measuring patient outcomes. To do so requires an understanding of the tools and processes currently being used to measure the quality of healthcare in this country. This article provides an overview of current efforts in the healthcare field to develop a shared outcome language and standardized national quality indicators. The challenges professional nurses face in identifying and measuring nursing-sensitive patient outcomes and the responsibility to use that data to shape nursing practice are emphasized.

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We're not in Kansas anymore: shaping a new and better health care system.

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Adaptation, Psychological↗

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Preparing for student grievances.

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Clinical Competence↗

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A conflict born of insecurity.

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Conflict, Psychological↗