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DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT
DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT
Naturally, doctors are more likely to buy into a physician-led DM program. Rewarding them for resulting lower medical costs keeps them in the game.
Steps used in creating a system that markedly improved asthma outcomes and cut costs at Hartford Hospital are typical of what's involved.
DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT
Valid outcomes studies in disease management are elusive. Which are good? Which are not? How do you evaluate what a vendor has to offer?
DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT
There's a line between encouragement and coercion that doctors say some health plans ignore. Given physician defensiveness, can any approach to DM work? Does capitation make effective buy-in nearly impossible?
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