title: Disease management: a practitioner's perspective.
abstract: Disease management focuses on the patient throughout the entire course of a disease, measuring desired outcomes related to the patient and each intervention. Traditional health care based on cost component management does little to reduce the long-term costs of chronic illness. Hypertension is an appropriate target for disease management. Successful disease management will require integrated information systems and third party payer support.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Pharmacy Solutions, Inc., Jonesboro, Ga., USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sager
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*