Disease Management Dimensions Series Takes Pulse of DM Industry
For many employers and health plans, disease management (DM) initiatives have proven to be worth their weight in improved health outcomes, healthcare quality, patient and provider satisfaction and financial outcomes for populations with congestive heart failure, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, asthma, obesity, and several other chronic illnesses. The Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) monitors the track record of these initiatives and has just released its Disease Management Dimensions series, a collection of case studies, interviews and debate on the role of DM in the healthcare industry. For more information, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? dmseriespr.
Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) November 29, 2005
For many employers and health plans, disease management (DM) initiatives have proven to be worth their weight in improved health outcomes, healthcare quality, patient and provider satisfaction and financial outcomes for populations with congestive heart failure, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, asthma, obesity, and several other chronic illnesses. The Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) monitors the track record of these initiatives and has just released its Disease Management Dimensions series, a collection of case studies, interviews and debates on the role of DM in the healthcare industry. For more information, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? dmseriespr (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? dmseriespr).
Concentrated healthcare spending by the chronically ill segment of the population has galvanized the DM industry. HIN’s 300-page Disease Management Dimensions series tackles this trend by examining winning efforts in disease management for obesity and depression as well as strategies designed to motivate and support the chronically ill, such as incorporating health coaches, toolkits and behavior modification techniques into DM offerings. The multi-title series includes the following special reports:
Childhood Obesity: Truths, Trends & Program Design; Depression Disease Management: Healthcare's New Frontier; Disease Management & Obesity: Healthcare Impacts and Initiatives; Health Coaches: Scoring Big Gains in Disease Management ROI; Healthcare Toolkits: Empowering Consumers Through Education; Modifying Patients' Behaviors to Optimize Disease Management Outcomes; and Motivating Resistant Patients: Influencing Behaviors to Improve Outcomes.
The Disease Management Dimensions series is a compilation of special reports from more than 20 industry thought leaders and innovators in disease management and is available in print or as an Adobe® PDF® on CD-ROM with keyword searching.
“Effective disease management programs are a hedge against escalating healthcare costs,” explains Melanie Matthews, HIN’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. “Disease Management Dimensions is a great resource for healthcare executives because it offers a wealth of statistics, success strategies, case studies, advice, lessons learned and Q&As on different aspects of disease management.” Patients’ resistance to change, depression’s effect on the workplace, successful weight management programs launched by health insurers and the challenges of coaching a culturally diverse population are just a few of the hundreds of topics covered in the series, she said.
The series offers readers the opportunity to review the latest disease management initiatives in one place, as well as a cost-effective alternative to purchasing each title separately. For more information and detailed tables of contents for each title in the series, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? dmseriespr (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? dmseriespr).
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network
HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin. com, or visit http://www. hin. com (http://www. hin. com).
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