A Closer Look At Disease Management

by Caroline Helwick. The term "Disease Management" is being bandied about the healthcare arena these days with increasing regularity and both positive and negative nuances. But does anyone really know what it means?. On one level, it's Hippocrates — with six degrees of separation: First, do no harm and, while you're at it, make sure you've reduced length of stay, number of procedures, unnecessary testing, and total cost of care. In other words, it's Total Quality Management for the managed-care industry, a systematic approach to healthcare that has rankled physicians as it has taken root and spread in many directions.. The Disease Management Association, a nonprofit membership organization founded in March 1999, offers its own, ...

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