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Issue Date: March 2003
Government Promotes Quality Improvement
This editorial discusses a report by the Institute of Medicine that lists 20 priority areas to be addressed in efforts to improve the delivery of health care. Focusing on the areas listed in the report, as well as on illness prevention and disease management, could help patients with certain conditions and help control health care costs, experts say.
DM Is Effective, But Underused
This article discusses the impact employer-provided disease management programs can have on improving worker health, reducing absenteeism, and controlling health care costs.
Systematic Approach to Diabetes Care Helps Employers Cut Costs
This article discusses the impact disease management programs for diabetes can have on helping people suffering from the disease, as well as on controlling costs of their treatment. It also discusses the impact of DM programs for diabetes at several companies that have implemented such programs.
Back Pain Programs Produce Results
This article discusses the impact low-back pain has on workers and on their employers in terms of health care costs and lost productivity. It suggests steps employers can take to reduce the negative effects of LBP on lost productivity, as well as protocols in disease management programs aimed at treating patients with LBP.
Medical Director Helps Employers Focus on Value of DM Programs
In this interview, Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, the senior medical director at Blue Shield of California, discusses her involvement with the development of quality improvement initiatives among General Motors' health plans.
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