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Disease management

This page provides information for providers and commissioners about disease management for people with long term conditions.

Introduction

Pro-active disease management can make a real difference to patients with a single condition or a range of problems that threaten their health and well-being. Improving disease management approaches is essential to producing better health outcomes, slowing disease progression, reducing disability, ensuring better management of the sudden deteriorations often associated with long term conditions, will result in improved quality of life for patients and reduced need for admission to hospital.

Implementation of the National Service Frameworks is already demonstrating that this approach can have a radical impact on outcomes for patients.

DMIT Background

Free web-based Disease Management Information Toolkit (DMIT)

DMIT is a voluntary good practice tool that the NHS may wish to use to strengthen their approach to Disease Management. This web based tool provides data at Primary Care Trust (PCT) level on conditions contributing to high numbers of Secondary Care emergency bed days. DMIT also models the effects of possible interventions which may be commissioned at a local level.

The Disease Management Information Tool will support decision-makers, commissioners and deliverers of care for people with LTCs to gain a better understanding of those conditions which are having the greatest impact across their localities. DMIT will help users to analyse and consider the likely impact of a range of possible commissioning options before they are taken. This information can then be used to inform commissioning decisions at local level by planning appropriate interventions, matching care to need.

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