Chapters in this Guide

The following list describes the chapters within this guide:

Needs to Outcomes and Integrated Case Management
This chapter introduces Cúram Integrated Case Management and describes how it supports the 'Needs to Outcomes' approach.
Assessing Needs - From Initial Contact to Integrated Case Creation
The chapter provides an overview of the process of initial contact between a client and the agency, the assessment of a client's needs using triage, screening and intake, and the creation of an integrated case to manage programs and services that meet the needs of clients.
Delivering Benefits Through Product Delivery Cases
This chapter provides an overview of the business processes that allow the agency to deliver benefits to clients. The processes include creating a product delivery case, capturing real world information about the client, client eligibility and entitlement determination, and the delivery of the benefit to the client in the form of monetary payments.
Delivering Services Through Service Deliveries and Referrals
This chapter provides an overview of the business processes that allow the agency to deliver services to clients. These processes support the agency in providing its own services to clients as well as services that are provided by external providers and paid for by the agency. Cúram Integrated Case Management also supports client referrals to services that are not paid for by the agency.
The Case Worker Workspace
This chapter provides an overview of the main elements of the case worker workspace. The case worker workspace allows case workers with heavy case loads to manage their daily work effectively. Key elements of the case worker workspace include tools for accessing case load, searching for cases, and the case calendar.
Ongoing Case Management
This chapter provides information on the tools that support the agency's ongoing case management process. Ongoing case management includes managing case participants, auditing cases, managing and reassessing case eligibility and entitlement, as well as tracking issues and legal proceedings.
Configuring Integrated Case Management
This chapter provides an overview of the main aspects of Cúram Integrated Case Management that are configured as part of the application administration. This includes configuring case types, the rules and evidence types used to determine client eligibility and entitlement, as well as various aspects of ongoing case management. Services and referral services are also fully configurable.
Securing Cases
This chapter provides an overview of the options available for securing case and client information.