Case Management

Agencies need to provide for efficient CASE MANAGEMENT strategies. One way this may be promoted is by using the Home Care Steps® Tracking Tool or the Variance Close-Up on a visit-by-visit basis. These tools allow for an at-a-glance look at how the patient is doing along the pathway in the midst of all of the paper. This one page document will allow you to visualize how often the patient status was outside normal limits (Outcome #1 on every visit), how often the patient used unplanned health care resources outside of home care (Outcome #2 on every visit), how often unscheduled visits were made, how many visits were made, how often visit protocols were repeated, and the variances for why outcomes were not met.