title: Disease management in Canada: surmounting barriers to adoption.
abstract: Disease Management (DM) programs are used to optimize economic outcomes and improve patient outcomes. Despite this, relative to the United States, Canadian health care organizations have been slow to adopt them. The objective of this article is to examine the concept of DM programs, the existing evidence to support their use and the barriers to their adoption in Canada. Several solutions aimed at overcoming the barriers to DM in Canada are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Memorial University in Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gallant
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
authors.forename: Denise A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sprague
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019468:Disease Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans