disease management

The disease management companies say they have been making an effort to work more closely with doctors.

Early last year, they began working under the system's disease management guidelines, or protocols.

How does each health care system compare for chronic long term disease management?

However the picture may look different when the total costs to disease management are considered for the community and the programme.

A disease management nurse helped her figure out a diet and exercise plan instead.

Many hospitals and insurers have disease management programs to help people learn more about their heart failure.

Check whether your company offers a disease management program.

The first (2004) edition of this book defined 126 terms related to disease management.

In the United States, disease management is a large industry with many vendors.

This term is equivalent to disease management (health) for chronic conditions.

Changing patient behavior: improving outcomes in health and disease management.

Even if a particular study is a randomized trial, it may not provide strong evidence for the effectiveness of disease management.

Disease management can be achieved through changes in animal husbandry.

"This is essential for improving risk assessment, disease management, and saving lives."

In July 1993 payments to general practitioners for disease management clinics will stop completely.

Half the money would be used to provide additional benefits like preventive services and disease management in the fee-for-service program.

Some offer additional tools, such as disease management, that can target specific clinical problems for intervention.

Disease management: a systems approach to improving patient outcomes.

There is hope in the field that disease management programs will spark new growth in revenues.

A retrospective cohort study from 2008 found that disease management did not increase the use of drugs recommended for patients after a heart attack.

These evaluations can be used to supplement disease management or population health management efforts.

As a result, it "actually has an incentive to invest in prevention and more effective disease management.

It generally offers no disease management or care-coordination programs.

Understanding the life cycles of rust fungi allows for proper disease management.

Knowledge sharing, knowledge building and a learning community are integral to the concept of disease management.