Field Analysis Driving Forces for Care Management Care management facilitates system integration. Good patient management leads to quality outcomes. Reducing costs can increase efficiency. Knowledge about variation is necessary to identify variations in practice. Some payers require care management.
Some employers require outcomes data.
Care management is necessary for competitiveness and marketing purposes. A large system needs to coordinate its services with the needs of the community. Care management reduces duplication of services. Opportunities for physicians can be identified through care management. Care management allows for the system to position itself as an integrated service network.