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Alzheimer's Disease Management
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2002This month's CPG review is on Alzheimer's disease management. Currently, four million people in the United States have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and this incidence is expected to become greater as the population ages. This guideline should therefore be of great interest to nurse practitioners who either treat this population or may be ...
Mary Jo Goolsby, James Blackwell
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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1996
Disease management (DM) activities are described, and their implementation and monitoring in managed care organizations are discussed. DM programs involve systematic evaluation of the relationships between treatment options and the associated resource use and patient outcomes for the purpose of providing a given standard of health care at the lowest ...
E P, Armstrong, P C, Langley
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Disease management (DM) activities are described, and their implementation and monitoring in managed care organizations are discussed. DM programs involve systematic evaluation of the relationships between treatment options and the associated resource use and patient outcomes for the purpose of providing a given standard of health care at the lowest ...
E P, Armstrong, P C, Langley
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Diseases and disease management.
2021Abstract This chapter describes the general principles of disease management that apply to all pathogens, followed by a detailed description of the major pathogens, which fall into 4 broad categories, i.e. fungi/oomycetes, bacteria/phytoplasma, viruses and nematodes.
Melissa Muñoz +2 more
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Disease Management, 2007
Oncologic conditions are ubiquitous medical illnesses that present a particular challenge for medical management programs designed to address quality and cost issues in patient populations. Disease management strategies represent a reasonable and effective approach for employers and health plans in their arsenal of health management strategies ...
Donald E, Fetterolf, Rachel, Terry
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Oncologic conditions are ubiquitous medical illnesses that present a particular challenge for medical management programs designed to address quality and cost issues in patient populations. Disease management strategies represent a reasonable and effective approach for employers and health plans in their arsenal of health management strategies ...
Donald E, Fetterolf, Rachel, Terry
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Disease Management in Ulcer Disease
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1999Our knowledge of Helicobacter pylori infection indicates that it is possible to eliminate ulcer disease and improve quality of life for ulcer patients. Treatment is evidence-based and cost-effective. However, though we now have the tools, we have not yet been able to eliminate ulcer disease from society.
W A, de Boer, E A, Joosen
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Hirschsprung's disease. Management
Alimentary Pharmacology & TherapeuticsSummaryBackgroundHirschsprung's disease (HD) is a rare congenital disease that is characterised by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus starting in the distal bowel. This results in distal functional obstruction and may lead to complications like enterocolitis.
Claudio Morera, Samuel Nurko
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Disease management primer: managing dollars by managing disease.
Employee benefits journal, 2003The costliest participants to treat are those with chronic and serious, acute conditions that are often preventable. Developing programs aimed at patients with chronic conditions could be the key to getting control of health care costs. Disease management programs seek to alleviate some of this expense by better managing chronic illnesses and improving
Laura S, Wieners, Leann R, Harris
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Disease management considerations: disease management considerations.
Drugs, 2002Colorectal cancer is still a majorhealth and social problem. However, many important advances in treatment have been made in the last 4 to 5 years, and more optimism is now justified both among clinicians and patients. In surgically resectable disease, adjuvant chemotherapy has been clearly demonstrated as able to increase overall survival in patients ...
R F, Labianca, G D, Beretta, M A, Pessi
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Health data management, 1997
Disease management efforts are becoming an important competitive strategy for providers and managed care plans alike. More than ever, purchasers of care want value from their health care dollars, and integrated delivery systems want to better coordinate care. Information technology will be crucial in implementing disease management programs.
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Disease management efforts are becoming an important competitive strategy for providers and managed care plans alike. More than ever, purchasers of care want value from their health care dollars, and integrated delivery systems want to better coordinate care. Information technology will be crucial in implementing disease management programs.
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2006
Abstract If your illness is associated with a disease, part of managing your illness is to manage your disease. This requires that you get the right disease diagnosis, obtain and accept treatment for it, and monitor your progress. For a long-term illness, treatment for the disease almost always involves the people who are suffering from ...
Frankie Campling, Michael Sharpe
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Abstract If your illness is associated with a disease, part of managing your illness is to manage your disease. This requires that you get the right disease diagnosis, obtain and accept treatment for it, and monitor your progress. For a long-term illness, treatment for the disease almost always involves the people who are suffering from ...
Frankie Campling, Michael Sharpe
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