Disease Management Dimensions

For many employers and health plans, disease management (DM) initiatives have proven to be worth their weight in improved health outcomes, healthcare quality, patient and provider satisfaction and financial outcomes for populations with congestive heart failure, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, asthma, obesity, and other chronic illnesses. The Healthcare Intelligence Network monitors disease management (DM)initiatives and has just released its Disease Management Dimensions series, a collection of case studies, interviews and debates on the role of DM in the healthcare industry. Titles in the series include: Childhood Obesity: Truths, Trends & Program Design Depression Disease Management: Healthcare's New Frontier Disease Management & Obesity: Healthcare Impacts and Initiatives Health Coaches: Scoring Big Gains in Disease Management ROI Healthcare Toolkits: Empowering Consumers Through Education Modifying Patients' Behaviors to Optimize Disease Management Outcomes Motivating Resistant Patients: Influencing Behaviors to Improve Outcomes Blueprint for Success: Constructing a Winning Healthcare Toolkit StrategyAvailable in print or as Adobe Acrobat PDF files on CD-ROM.Graf, Mary Anne is the author of 'Disease Management Dimensions', published 2006 under ISBN 9781933402390 and ISBN 1933402393.