Newsletter Articles | June 30, 2005
The Disease Management Wave in Behavioral Health: What Have We Learned About Outcomes of Depression Disease Management Program?
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Special Feature
It has been more than five years since the purveyors of disease management (DM) programs first heard the beginnings of both a concerted challenge to their virtual self-proclaimed positive outcomes in improving the health of patients with chronic conditions and the bottom lines of employer groups, health plans, and other purchasers of disease management. In 2002, the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) published its "Framework for Assessing Causality in Disease Management Programs" and John Hopkins-American Healthways . . .