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1: Dis Manag. 2007 Dec;10(6):337-46.Click here to read Links
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Popul Health Manag. 2008 Aug;11(4):229; author reply 230.

Iatrogenic disease management: moderating medication errors and risks in a pharmacy benefit management environment.

Nair V, Salmon JW, Kaul AF.

CIGNA Health Care, Bloomfield, CT, USA. vivnitpnair@yahoo.com

Disease Management (DM) programs have advanced to address costly chronic disease patterns in populations. This is in part due to the programs' significant clinical and economical value, coupled with interest by pharmaceutical manufacturers, managed care organizations, and pharmacy benefit management firms. While cost containment realizations for many such interventions have been less than anticipated, this article explores potentials in marrying Medication Error Risk Reduction into DM programs within managed care environments. Medication errors are an emergent serious problem now gaining attention in US health policy. They represent a failure within population-based health programs because they remain significant cost drivers. Therefore, medication errors should be addressed in an organized fashion, with DM being a worthy candidate for piggybacking such programs to achieve the best synergistic effects.

PMID: 18163862 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]