title: Disease management hits home.
abstract: Patients suffering from chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, asthma, congestive heart failure and cancer, are beginning to find significant value in technologies designed to help them take care of themselves at home. And providers and payers are finding that new home care information technologies are helping to curb costs.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000639:trends*; D019468:Disease Management; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States