Disease Management
Definition
- The ongoing dialogue between a patient with long-term health conditions and healthcare practitioners where medical knowledge, treatments, and care plans are discussed and agreed upon.
Notes
Heath care decisions made to manage a disease.
Synonyms
affliction management, courses of treatment, care plan, managing health, impairment
Acronyms
DM
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Case Management — Definition,
- A system where medical services and patient treatments are coordinated by a case manager.
- Chronic Disease Management (CDM) — Acronym, Important,
- Critical Illness Insurance (CII) — Acronym, Very Important,
- Insurance that covers individuals in the event of a critical or catastrophic illness.
➥ A health insurance policy rider. - Disease Management Program (DMP) — Acronym,
- Dread Disease Rider — Definition,
- Insurance that provides a benefit if the policyholder is diagnosed with an illness that is deemed serious or terminal.
- Living Benefits — Definition,
- The option for a life insurance policyholder to receive a portion of their death benefit in advance of their death.
- Long Term Care Insurance (LTC) — Acronym, Important,
- Insurance that covers health care costs for individuals with chronic or disabling conditions.
- Primary Care Physician — Definition,
- A doctor who administers or arranges the majority of an individual's health care needs.
