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Case study of American Healthways' diabetes disease management program.

2005; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

James E. Pope, Laurel R. Hudson, Patty Orr,

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Disease management has been defined as a system of coordinated health care interventions and communications for populations with conditions in which patient self-care efforts are significant (Disease Management Association of America, 2005). The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the diabetes disease management program offered by American Healthways (AMHC) and highlight recently reported results of this program (Villagra, 2004a; Espinet et al., 2005).