Disease management: a systematic process of managing care of patients with
specific diseases or conditions (particularly chronic conditions) across the
spectrum of outpatient, inpatient, and ancillary services. The purposes of
disease management may include: reduce acute episodes, reduce
hospitalizations, reduce variations in care, improve health outcomes, and
reduce costs. Disease management may involve continuous quality improvement
or other management paradigms. It may involve a cyclical process of
following practice protocols, measuring the resulting outcomes, feeding
those results back to clinicians, and revising protocols as appropriate.
>From the National Library of Medicine Glossary
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta101014.html>
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta101014.html
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf
Of Graves, Sansanee
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:21 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:54701] Recommendations for medical definitions?
Good morning. I am in search of medical dictionary definitions for the terms
"case management" and "disease management. I've been able to find "case
management" in the 28th edition of the PDR dictionary. I also spoke with
Westlaw, who has a dictionary source called Stedmans that also had a
definition for "case management."
However, I am not finding any definitions for "disease management."
Currently I'm checking with Lexis to see if they have any other dictionaries
available, but any other suggestions or recommendations would be much
appreciated.
Thank you!
Sansanee Graves
Assistant Librarian
McKenna Long Aldridge
303 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-527-4059
sgraves@mckennalong.com
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