If the patient completes the recommended interventions what are the expected outcomes for the patient?
Assignment 5.1: Chronic Care Management Plan
People living with a chemical or behavioral addiction often struggle with daily living functions, employment, family, and social relationships. People with substance use disorders also have high healthcare utilization and comorbidities but receive poor overall care quality. Applying a chronic care management plan can be useful to help a patient manage their chronic disease.
Instructions:
Review the case scenario in the Canvas Assignment. Using the template below, outline a care management plan for this patient.
| Care Management Plan |
| Assessments: What types of assessments might you want to conduct to gather more information regarding the patient’s past and current situation? These can be medical tests, psychosocial and/or environmental assessments etc. |
| Clinical Problems: Prioritize a list of clinical (medical/social) problems specific to this patient. |
| Interventions: What interventions would you recommend for this patient? These can include medical treatments, mental health treatments, psychosocial interventions, etc. that are appropriate for your identified clinical problems. (You can assume the patient is pregnant.) Be sure to cite your selected interventions to ensure they are evidence-based. Do not include assessments/tests or referrals in this section. |
| Rationale: Provide your rationale for the selected interventions above. Be sure to provide citations to support why your rationale is appropriate for your identified clinical problems and interventions. |
| Expected Outcomes: If the patient completes the recommended interventions what are the expected outcomes for the patient? |
| Referrals: What referrals would you recommend for this patient and why? These can include medical specialists, mental health providers, community programs/interventions, etc. What other resources would help this patient? |
| Evaluation/Monitoring Plan: How would you plan to evaluate this patients progress? How often would you follow-up with the patient? |
