Case Manager Certification 2024 Exam Questions and Correct Answers

clinical guidelines Ans--statements to help make decisions about health specific circumstances. clinical pathway Ans--structured multi-disciplined plan of care to support clinical guidelines and protocol to improve continuity and coordination. 4 parts of clinical pathway Ans--1. timeline 2. categories of care/activities and interventions 3. intermediate and long term outcome criteria 4. variance tracking are 4 parts of what? decision tree Ans--used to select the best course of action in decisions where there is no clear decisions. descriptive screening tool Ans--identifies characteristics about a population to show health prevention. predictive screening tool Ans--shows what may happen to a specific population. evaluative screening tool Ans--evaluates the understanding/effectiveness SF-36 Ans--predictive screening tool to assess functional health and well being. Assesses physical and mental health. - used in health economics, cost-effectiveness of health tx -evals individual patient health status. - does not consider sleep -scored 00-100, lower score- incr. disability patient activation measure Ans--13 item predictive screening tool to evaluate patient's knowledge, skills, confidence in self-care. - higher the score the better (scored 0-52) -predicts health care outcomes, medication adherence and ER visits