“Chronic Disease Management is sometimes used as a way to neatly package a pool of services for a specific group of patients. This can result in a tunnel vision type approach to treatment which can be effective when automating a set of processes, however patients with chronic disease tend to be older, often suffer from co-morbid disease and require the support of a wider range of healthcare providers. Developing strategies to improve the management of this population is challenging and requires a wide range of approaches including clinical process redesign, development of clinical practice guidelines, ancillary support services, shared care teams etc.”
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Alan Brookstone, American EHR, 26 January 2011
