Diabetic and Obese Patient Clinical Outcomes Improve During a Care Management Implementation in Primary Care

• Main Authors: Jodi Summers Holtrop (Author), Zhehui Luo (Author), Gretchen Piatt (Author), Lee A. Green (Author), Qiaoling Chen (Author), John Piette PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: To address the increasing burden of chronic disease, many primary care practices are turning to care management and the hiring of care managers to help patients coordinate their care and self-manage their conditions. Care management is often, but not always, proving effective at improvin...