Disease Management
Documents
- Disease Management Shows Great Promise
- This page previews who is currently practicing DM and some of the "success stories" in the industry. Specific treatment results and cost savings as a result of DM practices by MCOs, PBMs and pharmaceutical interests are outlined. **
- Managed Care and Disease Management
- Looking for more information on Managed Care and DM? This page outlines international course offerings that focus on strategies for DM within MCOs, their potential impact and important information- system considerations. *
- Medical Marketing & Media, MM&M, Is Disease Management Good Therapy for an Ailing Industry?
- This page highlights interviews with industry leaders. The most thorough review of the concept of DM, it outlines its history and impact on managed care. Commercial concerns, industry prospects and influences are also included.**** (Content only)
- MEDICAL MATRIX-INTERNET DISEASE INFORMATION
- Decision trees and DM resources are being developed on the Internet that will eventually include all aspects of patient care. This page is a link to disease specific information across the Internet. Everything from AIDS to URIs is available. ***
- Sterling Healthcare Outcomes (SHO)
- This page is an online survey of current DM practices and needs of five distinct groups including MCOs, the provider, and the patient. Diseases of interest, viable cost ranges, case management programs and implementation strategies are included. **
Sites
- Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CePOR)
- This site supports that some future DM will position pharmaceuticals as the most cost-effective form of care. The Center at the UNC School of Pharmacy researches pharmaceutical outcomes and translates findings into patient management practices. ****
- Disease Management Website
- A site to promote discussion of all aspects of the emerging DM field. Discussion groups on policy issues provide a forum to share DM experiences. A list of upcoming North American DM meetings and events is the only resource of its kind on the WWW. ****
- Gary Sigals Home Page, Medical Information Network
- There is little standardization in the way DM outcomes are recorded in MCOs making evaluation difficult. This site previews a private physician's computerized practice guidelines designed to change all that. Files are available to download. ***
- Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
- This site is an electronic resource of clinical practice guidelines developed, in part, by the NIH. This timely and science-based treatment information is a must-see for MCOs developing DM guidelines in a variety of high-risk clinical areas. *****
- TJU/CWIS/Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes
- Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) Hospital maintains this site as a directory of its DM services in the Philadelphia area. Outcomes management and the TAPES Center of Excellence are two ways TJU helps health care companies develop DM guidelines. ***
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