The Disease Management

Cardiosource: "The mission of the American College of Cardiology is to advocate for quality cardiovascular care – through education, research promotion, and the development and application of standards and guidelines – and to influence health care policy. (For details of the ACC Mission, Goals, and Objectives, click here)

The constant tension between quality of care, costs, and the logistics of medical practice has created some of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine. One approach, which remains controversial, is disease management (DM).

The Disease Management Association of America defines DM as “a system of coordinated healthcare interventions and communications for populations with conditions in which patient self-care efforts are significant.”"/.../