A Successful Approach to the Start up of a Mental Health Case Management Program

Abstract

The authors have worked in the mental health uti lization review and quality assurance field for several years now. One author (S.L.-A.) has been involved in the start up of several case management and utiliza tion review programs. Their approach has been to assess existing techniques for case management and utilization review and to draw from the most effective methods and programs in the development of their own mental health case management program.