A community care nurse at a healthcare agency assists in coordinating a plan for providing health services in the most cost-effective way possible to a large number of members living in the region. This work is known as:
A) Case management
B) Home healthcare
C) Interdisciplinary collaboration
D) Care management
Ans: D
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Care management is the coordination of a plan or process to bring health services together as a common whole in a cost-effective way. Case management is the development and coordination of care for a selected client and family. Home healthcare is a provision of healthcare that occurs in the setting clients consider their home. Interdisciplinary collaboration is the sharing of evidenced-based practice and skills as an integration strategy with clients and families in homes and other healthcare settings.
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