PART ONE: MANAGED CARE ENVIRONMENT
PREFACE: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGED CARE STRATEGIES
Margaret M Conger and JoAnne Woodall
Health Care Reform
An Opportunity for Nursing
Margaret M Conger
Managed Care Organizational Structures
Margaret M Conger
Managed Care Organizational Strategies Used to Achieve Organizational Goals
Margaret M Conger
Nursing Involvement in Quality of Care Issues
Margaret M Conger
Nursing Case Management
A Managed Care Organizational Strategy
PART TWO: NURSING STRATEGIES IN ACUTE-CARE HOSPITALS
Margaret M Conger
Use of Nurse Extenders
Margaret M Conger
Advanced Practice Nurses
Margaret M Conger and JoAnne Woodall
Nurse Case Management
Acute-Care Hospital Practice
Lisa Brugh
Automated Clinical Pathways in the Patient Record
Pamela Keberlein
Clinical Pathway Outcome Research
PART THREE: NURSING STRATEGIES IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS
Margaret M Conger
Nurse Case Management in Community Settings
Margaret M Conger
Population-Based Nurse Case Management
Margaret M Conger and Carol E Craig
Advanced Practice Nurses as Case Managers
Carol E Craig, Kathy Ingleses and Margaret M Conger
Advanced Practice Roles in Community Settings
Carol E Craig and Margaret M Conger
Advanced Nurse Collaborative Practice in a Primary Care Setting