The case manager works with a 10-year-old girl who has asthma. Because the client's family has trouble affording inhalers, the case manager researches client assistance programs through which they could receive free medications
This aspect of case management is known as:
A) Care management
B) Advocacy
C) Disease management
D) Interdisciplinary collaboration
Ans: B
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Advocacy is always moving the needs of clients, families, and communities to a point of awareness that will advance change and increase quality of a life and experience. Care management is the coordination of a plan or process to bring health services together as a common whole in a cost-effective way. Disease management is a system of coordinated healthcare interventions and communications for groups of people with conditions in which client self-care efforts are significant. Disease management emphasizes prevention at the secondary and tertiary level using evidence-based practice guidelines. Interdisciplinary collaboration is sharing of evidence-based practice and skills by several disciplines as an integration strategy with clients and families in homes and other healthcare settings.
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