The focus of this investigation is the helping professionals working within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. This article looks at how innovative technology-in the form of automated case management software and Internet connectivity-can assist effective implementation of Strength-based Practice and agency services within tribal courts and the many other helping agencies th...

Consequently, shared decision making about case management, an essential element of patient centred care, is difficult to achieve. Greater emphasis on patient centred care could improve communication between doctors and patients in developing countries and increase the effectiveness of care just as it can in developed countries. We urge aid agencies and governments to consider the patient centr...

Because of the multifaceted, chronic, and relapsing nature of substance use disorders, case management has been adapted to work with persons who have these disorders. Deliberate implementation has been identified as a powerful determinant of successful case management. This article focuses on six key questions about implementation of case management services on the basis of a comparison of expe...

Case Based Reasoning systems rely on competent case knowledge for effective problem-solving. However, for many problem solving tasks, notably design, simple retrieval from the case-base in not sufficient. Further knowledge is required to help effective retrieval and to undertake adaptation of the retrieved solution to suit the new problem better. This paper proposes methods to learn knowledge f...

This issue brief reviews the evolution of the disease management model and the ways it relates to care coordination and case management approaches. It also looks at examples of population-based disease management programs operating in both the private and public sectors and reviews the evidence of their success. Finally, the paper considers the policy implications of adapting this model to a Me...

Social workflows pervade peoples' everyday life. Whenever a group of persons works together on a challenging or multifaceted task, a social workflow begins. Unlike traditional business workflows, such social workflows aim at supporting processes that contain personal tasks and data. In this work, we envision a social workflow service as part of a social network that enables private individuals ...

In large-volume spaces such as atria and covered malls, smoke management systems are often an important aspect of fire protection, with their primary goal being to ensure that the impact of smoke and heat on occupants is not life threatening (NFPA 92B1). This involves keeping the height of the smoke layer above the highest level of occupancy for a defined period, longer than the expected time t...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop a substantive theory of case management (CM) practice by investigating the experience of nurse case managers caring for Medical Aid enrollees in Korea. METHODS A total of 12 nurses were interviewed regarding their own experience in CM practice. Data were recorded and analyzed using grounded theory. RESULTS Empowerment was the core category of...

This paper presents a fuzzy CBR (case-based reasoning) technique for generating new product ideas from a product database for enhancing the functions of a given product (called the baseline product). In the database, a product is modeled by a 100-attribute vector, 87 of which are used to model the use-scenario and 13 are used to describe the manufacturing/recycling features. Based on the usesce...

construction industry consists of several phases in which a variety of stakeholders are involved. as construction projects are becoming larger, more complex and more diverse, the design phase has been more important factor for the success of projects than ever before. however, it is considered that most of design work occurred in actual design process is intangible. such recognition makes the d...