Disease Management: A Systems Approach To Improving Patient Outcomes (J-B AHA Press) - Hardcover

Todd, Warren E.; Nash MD, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556481683 ISBN 13: 9781556481680

Publisher: Mosby, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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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 of Hastings Healthcare Group in Pennington, New Jersey. DAVID NASH,, nationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development, and quality of 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.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556481683
• ISBN 13: 9781556481680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 357