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Adis International Limited - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 14 (2006) 3, pp. 191-196

The rapid expansion of disease management continues. A multitude of stakeholders and marketplaces are now involved in providing cost-effective quality healthcare for individuals and populations. To help you keep up-to-date with the very latest developments in disease management, this section of...

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Determinants of Quality of In-Hospital Care for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Scott, Ian A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 12, pp. 801-816

minimal in the absence of localized methods of implementation. Certain patient and system of care factors predispose patients …

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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disease Management to Improve Health Outcomes

Andrulis, Dennis P. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 12, pp. 789-800

focus on promoting more effective interactions between both the patient and the physician in the clinical encounter, methods …

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The MELD System for Liver Allocation: Implications for Patients and Payors

Freeman, Richard B. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 9, pp. 551-556

The recent implementation of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD)/Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease (PELD) system for the allocation of cadaveric liver organs in the US represents a dramatic change in organ allocation policy. Previous allocation algorithms used a categorical...

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Impact of Telehealth on Healthcare Utilization by Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Lehmann, Craig A.; Mintz, Nancy; Giacini, Jean Marie - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 14 (2006) 3, pp. 163-169

improved quality of care and have already implemented protocols to evaluate methods to improve quality of care and reduce … expenditures provided to Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions (including methods to permit Medicare beneficiaries to … healthcare utilization, physician office visits, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospital readmissions. Methods: To be …

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Clinical Decision Processes and Patient Engagement in Self-Management

Bourbeau, Jean - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 16 (2008) 5, pp. 327-333

Self-management is an essential component of disease management that involves collaboration between patients and healthcare providers to ensure patient engagement in behaviors that help control or reduce the impact of their disease. The self-management model assists patients in gaining skills to...

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Interventions and Outcomes Management in Migraine

Solomon, Glen D. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 3 (1998) 4, pp. 183-190

continuous quality improvement methods to reach desired goals. Appropriate goals of migraine disease management should focus on … department and urgent care patient visits. Methods for identifying patients for enrolment in a migraine disease management …

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Initiatives and Barriers to Adopting Health Information Technology: A US Perspective

DePhillips, Henry A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 15 (2007) 1, pp. 1-6

In recent years, US healthcare experts have increasingly agreed that the effective application of information technology (IT) can enable the industry to address its three most pressing concerns: an increase in medical errors, rising costs, and the fragmentation of care delivery. While other...

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Telemedicine for Diabetes Care

Malasanos, Toree H. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 14 (2006) 3, pp. 147-150

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Long-Term Effects of Second-Generation Cholinesterase Inhibitors on Clinical Outcomes and Costs of Alzheimer

Caro, J. Jaime; Getsios, Denis - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 10, pp. 617-631

Alzheimer Data on the effectiveness of these drugs from information beyond the short-term clinical trials (e.g. long-term clinical trials and non-trial data) are now emerging. In most cases, the results indicate that, at least for some patients, continued treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors...

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