title: "It's not my problem" (yet). With readmissions under the microscope, CIOs know chronic disease management is moving front and center.
abstract: Chronic disease management is a system initiative, not just for primary care or ambulatory. The business case is currently poor for chronic disease management, but may soon change due to reform. Chronic disease management can help prevent costly readmissions. Care management plans are often a component of an EMR.
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics; D019468:Disease Management; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010359:Patient Readmission; D014481:United States