Best practice case management for improved medical adherence |
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Authors: | Vourlekis Betsy Ell Kathleen |
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Institution: | University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA. vourleki@umbc.edu |
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Abstract: | Less than optimal treatment adherence for many health conditions impedes clinical progress, leading to increased morbidity, mortality and health care costs, particularly for low-income and racial and ethnic minority patients. When properly understood as a complex phenomenon involving patient, provider, and health system interacting factors, adherence improvement is a natural target for social work's multi-system model of case management. We present five key elements for a generic "best practice" case management blueprint applicable to a range of medical settings. The theory and evidence base for the elements are discussed and illustrated with SAFe, a tested social work case management program to improve adherence following abnormal cancer screens. |
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