At the Chronic Care & Prevention Congress, the Disease Management Care Blog heard about Pennsylvania’s chronic care initiative, North Carolina’s Community Care, the 1115 Waiver in Los Angeles County and Health Dialog’s involvement and support for care management programs. more»

What a day. The Disease Management Care Blog got to moderate an afternoon session at the World Health Care Congress' 3rd Annual Chronic Care & Prevention Congress. The speakers were David Nash, MD, MBA and Dean of the Jefferson School of Popualtion Health, Chris Selecky, the President and CEO of LifeMasters and Charles Wilhelm, MD, the Chief Medical Officer of Health System One. The theme of the session was "modern approaches to to chronic care design." more»

NEWTON, MA -- The 15-minute doctor’s visit is broken and in the era of chronic disease, we have to find new ways to care for the large numbers of patients who will need ongoing care, according to Ed Noffsinger, PhD., vice president of shared medical appointments and group-based disease management at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Atrius Health in Massachusetts. more»