Disease Management and the Organization of Physician Practice

There is a large gap between what physicians do for patients with chronic diseases and what should be done. Here, Casalino describes the CMS initiative and compares the disease management and chronic care model and the effects they may have on physician practice and on patient care. He says that the...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2005-01, Vol.293 (4), p.485-488
Main Author: Casalino, Lawrence P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Chronic Disease - therapy
Chronic illnesses
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Disease Management
Humans
Models, Organizational
Physician patient relationships
Physicians
Practice Management, Medical - organization & administration
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - organization & administration
Professional practice
Quality of Health Care - organization & administration
United States
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Summary:There is a large gap between what physicians do for patients with chronic diseases and what should be done. Here, Casalino describes the CMS initiative and compares the disease management and chronic care model and the effects they may have on physician practice and on patient care. He says that the disease management and the chronic care models share many objectives but differ in the processes they use to achieve their objectives and in their relative strengths and weaknesses.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.293.4.485