title: Behavioral counseling, education at the core of new CAD management effort.
abstract: It may not be enough to stratify patients according to risk level. For the best outcomes, it may make sense to assess how motivated a person is to change his or her behavior. Find out how one organization is using such information in a pioneering effort aimed at taking disease management one step further.
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003376:Counseling; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009042:Motivation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States