title: Making the most of data for disease management.
abstract: Managed care organizations have a wealth of administrative, claims and clinical data available to them--data that could pinpoint patients who could benefit from cost-effective disease management programs. Health plans that have such efforts offer advice on how to home in on the best data.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Darby
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification; D019468:Disease Management; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States