Disease Management A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Outcomes

by Todd, Warren E; Nash, David (Editors)

• ISBN13: 9780787957384
• ISBN10: 0787957380
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Motivated by business pressures, market consolidation, and the pursuit of quality care, health care professionals in all areas of practice are beginning to explore more fully the tremendous potential of disease management a systemwide strategy for proactively managing chronic diseases across the entire continuum of care. Disease Management is the first book to bring together systems thinking and organizational structure in a framework for designing, developing, and implementing a comprehensive health management system.

Author Biography

Warren E. Todd is actively involved in disease management and helped engineer an asthma disease management program at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Denver. Currently, he serves as vice-president of business development in Hasting Healthcare Group in Pennington, New Jersey. David B. Nash, MD, nationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development, and quality care issues, is the first director of the Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes at Thomas Jefferson University and associate professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	v
List of Tables	ix
About the Editors	xi
Contributors	xiii
Foreword	xix
Senator Bill Frist
Preface	xxi
A New Paradigm in Health Care Delivery: Disease Management	1	(26)
Mark Zitter
The Disease Management Development Process	27	(34)
John H. Eichert
Herbert Wong
David R. Smith
Health Outcomes: Measuring and Maximizing Value in Disease Management	61	(26)
John B. Doyle
Financial and Actuarial Issues	87	(50)
Richard A. Kipp
W. Charles Towner
Howard A. Levin
Disease State Considerations	137	(20)
Charles E. Barr
Daniel L. Bouwman
Frank Lobeck
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Foundation for Effective Disease Management	157	(22)
John T. Kelly
David B. Bernard
The Roles of Pharmaceutical Companies in Disease Management	179	(28)
Stan Bernard
Disease Management in Managed Care Organizations	207	(28)
Joseph E. Biskupiak
Peter Chodoff
David B. Nash
The Role of Case Management in Disease Management	235	(26)
Marcia Diane Ward
Julia A. Rieve
Home Care and Disease Management	261	(20)
Sharyn S. Lee
Strategic Alliances	281	(24)
Warren E. Todd
Beyond Disease Management: Population-Based Health Management	305	(42)
Kent W. Peterson
Dennis P. Kane
Index	347