A new report by the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health sets out a framework for community and population health management plans to guide efforts to address the social determinants of health and improve health quality in clinical and geographic populations.
A case manager has difficulty placing a homeless patient who was admitted for life-threatening hypothermia after spending a bitterly cold night outside.
Case managers often feel pressured to prioritize their ethical responsibilities to each client, each family, and the employer, but what may present as the best decision for the client or their family members may be costly for an organization.