A hospital and community in partnership: "case management coordinated care model in a community setting."

Eighteen months ago, a small Ontario community hospital teamed up with Home Care to develop and implement a system of care delivery that would provide quality care within existing financial obligations and constraints. This article describes why the model, "Case Management Coordinated Care Model in a Community Setting," was chosen, how it works and how it is evaluated. Readers are encouraged to examine the successful implementation of this new collaborative concept of care, given today's limited funds and mandate to improve the use of community and hospital resources.