title: Disease management: a new and exciting opportunity in home healthcare.
abstract: Disease management programs are beginning to encompass providers across the healthcare continuum, including home healthcare. The premise behind disease management is that coordinated, evidence-based interventions can be applied to the care of patients with specific high-cost, high-volume chronic conditions, resulting in improved clinical outcomes and lower overall costs. Outcomes data (actual results) are central in this approach to patient care.
authors.affiliation: huffman269@comcast.net
authors.forename: Melinda H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Huffman
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019468:Disease Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration