Disease Management: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Outcomes - Hardcover

Warren E. Todd; David Nash

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787957380 ISBN 13: 9780787957384

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This landmark text 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. Twenty-three industry experts draw from their work in clinical practice, research, consulting, and academia to offer insights on the four key success factors of disease management systems; and eight-step process for setting up a disease management system in various settings; strategies to align objective concerns such as cost analysis and outcomes measurement with the human relations issues of garnering the support of providers, payers, and patients; and more.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0787957380
• ISBN 13: 9780787957384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382