title: CM beyond hospital supports chronically ill.
abstract: Middlesex Hospital opens The Center for Chronic Care Management to offer NCQA-accredited disease management programs. Programs address chronic diseases including asthma, diabetes, and heart failure. Many patients are referred by community physicians.
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003237:Connecticut; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States