This summary addresses the hospital-based Care/Case Manager in the acute care setting. The hospital Care/Case Manager works closely with the patient and his or her family, along with the physician and the health care team, to move the patient from one phase of care to the next. This facilitating/coordinating role may include discharge, transitional planning, or utilization management.
3/1/2014 4. ï½ These professionals are distinct from âclinical staffâ. A. clinical staff member is a person who works under the. supervision of a physician or other qualified health care. professional and who is allowed by law, regulation and. facility policy to perform or assist in the performance of.
clinical practice guidelines. As used in UK medical practice, a term which refers to systematically developed recommendations for patient care, which are based on scientific research, data or evidence, and are used to guide health care decisions for a defined clinical condition or under specific circumstances. clinical practice guidelines. 1  a formal statement about a defined task or function in clinical practice, such as desirable diagnostic tests or the optimal treatment regimen for a specific diagnosis; generally based on the best available evidence, for example, randomized controlled trials that have been assessed by a Cochrane collaborating group.