...chronologic order of publication. CASE MANAGEMENT The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) defined CM as: ... a collaborative process which assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communication and available resources...

...interdisciplinary definition, developed by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA, 1995), describes case management as a "collaborative process which...plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communication and available resources...

...cost-effective outcomes . . . (American Nurse Credentialing Center [ANCC], 1999, p. 3) The CMSA defines CM as: ... A collaborative process which assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communication and available resources...

...by the Commission for Case Manager Certification: "Case management is a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors,...evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual's health needs, using communication and available resources to promote quality, cost...

...the well-being of a community. B. A case management program that functions within the definition of case management as a collaborative process which assesses,...plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communications and available resources...

...Commission for Certified Care Managers has defined case management as "a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors,...evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual's health needs, using communication and available resources to promote quality, costeffective...

...facilitating, planning and advocating for health and social needs on an individual basis. It defines case management as: "A collaborative process which...evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual's health, care, educational and employment needs, using communication and available resources...