Benefits of Intensive Case Management Model on the Healthcare System

Case Management: Intensive Case Management Model
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Case Management: Intensive Case Management Model
It is important to establish how to approach case management to ensure that clients receive services that meet their healthcare needs. Using a case management model can help case managers deliver services that benefit the client. This essay explores the intensive case management model and explains how such a model benefits both the client and the healthcare system.
Intensive case management (ICM) is a model that focuses on providing the client with high-quality services within a short duration (Dieterich et al., 2017). As the name suggests, the client receives healthcare services more intensely. Case managers using this model have fewer caseloads of 10-20 clients (Mohamed, 2017). As a result, clients are given more attention by their case managers because the model aims to ensure that clients receive more services in less time. To achieve this, the case manager and the client meet frequently. Clients receive around-the-clock care without the need for hospitalization bec...