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Care Management and Efficiency
The growing number of people with complex chronic
disease presents our current primary care system with a challenge: How
to deliver quality care efficiently. A skilled care manager using
adaptable information technology tools can contribute significantly to
the efficiency of clinical practice by motivating and teaching patients
methods of self-care which facilitate meeting health-related goals. Over
time, care managed patients show different emergency department and
hospital utilization patterns, extending this efficiency to the broader
healthcare delivery system. In addition, increased productivity in
clinical practice contributes to efficient delivery of patient care.
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