Disease management: from sand table exercise to local achievement.
Presents an outline of a local pilot project on disease management in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, UK. Disease management has been a staff college exercise at a national level: the alliance for health in Ollerton involved a purchaser, an acute trust and a practice. Secondary care expertise was used earlier in the disease process to identify patients and to treat them with a more continuous care programme. Disease management began with gastric illness--in examination, review and treatment for H Pylori eradication; extensions are planned to glaucoma and epilepsy. The project involved co-ordinated investment in building extensions, staff skills and records.
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Imperial College, University of London, UK.
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000628:therapy; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013222:State Medicine; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom