Disease management programs

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Armstrong EP, Langley PC. 1996. Disease management programs. Am J Health-Syst Pbarm 53 53. 

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Institutes of Health), and professional organizations (e.g., American Diabefes Association). Table 17.1 summarizes key characferistics of disease management programs. 

Gurnee, MC and Da Silva, RV. Constructing disease management programs. Manage. Care Mag. 1997 1-9. Available at www.managedcaremag.com/ar-chives/9706/9706.disease man.shtml, accessed August 5, 2002. 

Some MCOs have even forged partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers to allow the sponsoring company to track patient outcomes, to gauge a disease management program s effectiveness and to access scientific and financial support for the... 

Armstrong, E.P. Langley, P.C. Disease management programs. Am. J. Health-Syst. Pharm. 1996, 53, 53-58. 

Wellness programs have been described as the community outreach component of disease management. These programs can link with disease management programs to provide follow-up support. 

Independents are leaders in providing pharmacist care services Nearly 42% of independents are certified to provide disease management services, and more than 12,000 community pharmacists have completed disease management programs offered by NCPA s National Institute for Pharmacist Care Outcomes (NIPCO). 

On the professional development front, the NCPA-created NIPCO continued to lead the way in developing programs that help establish pharmacist care services in community pharmacies. To date, more than 12,000 community pharmacists have completed NIPCO-accredited disease management programs in pharmacist care skills, cardiovascular care, respiratory care, diabetes care, immunization skills, osteoporosis, and mental health. 

With the addition of pharmacists to the role of im-munizer, the immunization rate continues to increase. The public health benefits, as well as the professional opportunities for practitioners, increase. As patients become accustomed to receiving immunizations from their local pharmacist, the opportunities to develop other patient care services, such as disease management programs, increases significantly because patients become more comfortable with pharmacists in a clinical role. 

Whellan DJ, Gaulden L, Gattis WA, et al. The benefit of implementing a heart failure disease management program. Arch Intern Med 2001 161 2223-2228. 

Biopharma companies also need to fundamentally scrutinize their business models alongside challenges, the reform proposals also offer opportunities, e.g., participation in integrated care models, disease management programs, etc. 

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