Disease management programs and cardiometabolic disorders -

Disease management programs and cardiometabolic disorders - - Modern Medicine

HOT TOPICS: Cardiometabolic Disorders & Weight · Liability & Risk Management· Health Care IT

Health plans can play a pivotal role via disease management initiatives in improving the overall cardiometabolic risk profiles of their members. Streamlined disease management and enhanced care coordination for dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity can greatly improve outcomes, which will benefit the plans in the long term.

Articles in this multi-part series focus on care compliance and disease management of cardiometabolic disorders and weight and take a detailed look at current treatment guidelines. We examine how disease management programs can improve outcomes through specific pattern tracking and case management strategies.

“Cardiometabolic care links,” available now, includes a virtual lifestyle case study on diabetes management. Strategies are discussed for better care coordination for patients with cardiometabolic disorders and the associated comorbidities.

Forthcoming are a case history on population management of obesity exploring 2 generations of metabolic syndrome and the role that childhood obesity plays as well as summaries of the latest research in obesity, diabetes, lipid disorders, and hypertension are highlighted.

For an overview of cardiometabolic disorders plus a complete list of related articles in the series, read “Cardiometabolic Disorders & Weight: Action for Outcomes.”

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Comments from our Readers

Donna J RN, BSN / Canton, OH, UNITED STATES
Posted 2009-10-09 09:03:38.0
The problem with the above issue of disease management programs is that the owner of the program absolutely should be the primary care physician and his/her office staff. They are the ones that know each patient and can truely influence the management of their disease. The insurance companies are doing this with the goal of decreasing their costs but the effect on each individual patient is negligable at best. There is no relationship between the insurance company and the patient. The reason this disease management doesn't already occur in the primary care offices is lack of resources - mainly the money it takies to have staff to dedicate to this. If we as primary care had the dollars that the insurance companies spend sending generic disease management information to our patients we would be able to really impact lives. This is where healt care reform needs to reallocate dollars and resources so that the primary care practice can do what it should and what it wants to be able to do for the patients we service.