title: Ten steps to a successful disease management program.
abstract: This primer article suggests the 10 basic steps a health plan must take to successfully create and implement an internal disease management program. Covering everything from patient identification to staffing to educational materials, the author focuses on congestive heart disease and diabetes examples.
authors.affiliation: Scheur Management Group, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, USA. PaulR81755@aol.com
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D019468:Disease Management; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018574:Home Care Agencies; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000592:standards*; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States