Postgraduate - UnitNUR5211 - Case management in health care

On completion of this unit the student should be able to :

1. Examine a wide range of health care management concepts and their application to coordinated care, case management and continuous quality improvement in a range of primary and other health care settings;
2. Evaluate patient care delivery systems for their impact on quality improvement and care outcomes;
3. Examine concepts of managed care and their impact on the health care settings;
4. Determine ways in which patient focused care is provided, measured, understood and coordinated by nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary health care team;
5. Explore the development of new roles for primary care and other health professionals in patient care delivery including running clinics for specific health problems or particular patient groups;
6. Evaluate the ways in which nurses are restructuring their organisational and clinical operations within the context of multidisciplinary health care teams and the current health care planning environment;
7. Examine issues surrounding information management and their application to coordinate care,case management and continuous quality improvement;
8. Develop linkage skills to aid the co-ordination of patient care;
9. Develop a component of a quality improvement or case management program in a practice-based context;
10. Compare and contrast methodologies to evaluate program development and implementation.