The hospital's management team wishes to institute case management to improve the quality of nursing care. As a beginning step, the team is choosing specific medical diagnoses on which to focus
What criteria should the team use when choosing these diagnoses? 1. Diagnoses given to only a few clients
2. Diagnoses that carry high risk for the client and the provider
3. Diagnoses that have low reimbursement rates
4. Diagnoses that involve as few providers as possible
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Rationale 1: Case management is used for high-volume diagnoses.
Rationale 2: Case management is used with high-risk diagnoses.
Rationale 3: Case management is used with high-cost diagnoses.
Rationale 4: The number of providers associated with a diagnosis is not a criterion for case management.
Global Rationale:
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