title: Measuring, managing, making a difference.
abstract: What is disease management, and how does it work? The author offers an overview of this process and describes how HIM professionals can play an important role in this initiative.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics*; D019468:Disease Management; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000191:economics; D019451:Information Management; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States