title: Principles of disease management in neonatology.
abstract: This article emphasizes the emerging facets of disease-management practice that impact directly on establishing a measured care system that can produce the information needed to establish a continuous quality improvement program. The areas discussed are risk assessment, clinical management guidelines and carepaths, and the measurement of system output known as clinical outcomes. The remainder of the article details the aspects of risk assessment, guideline function, and outcome assessment, critical in a disease-managed measured care system.
authors.affiliation: Paidos Health Management Services, Inc., Paoli, PA, USA.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gwiazdowski
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009359:Neonatology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review