Disease Management Specialty Certificate -
8 credits

In today’s competitive healthcare market, disease management programs and services can optimize health outcomes while reducing costs for targeted patient populations. Representatives who can support or add value to these initiatives are more likely to be viewed as partners in healthcare delivery.

Through CMR Institute’s Specialty Certificate in Disease Management, participants will learn how disease-management programs differ from traditional healthcare delivery. They will deepen their understanding of several concepts that are integral to disease management—including clinical practice guidelines, outcomes assessment, pharmacoeconomics, medication therapy management, and pharmaceutical care. This knowledge will prepare them to create and use highly effective strategies that bring value to a disease-management environment while helping to build long-term relationships.

This certificate consists of 28 streamlined online learning modules covering the topics listed below.

Introduction to Disease Management

• Concepts of Disease Management
• Benefits of Disease Management
• Elements of Disease Management Systems
• Key Issues in Disease Management

A Closer Look at the Elements of Disease Management

• Population Demographics
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Intervention Techniques
• Monitoring Patient Data
• Performing Outcomes Assessment
• Case-Study Review: Summary of the Elements of DM

Outcomes Studies and Quality Management

• Role of Structure, Process, and Outcomes in Quality Management
• Cost and Resource Utilization Analyses
• Pharmacoeconomic Analyses
• Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures
• Key Perspectives on Outcomes

Disease Management in Mandated Programs

• Federal and State Disease Management Programs
• The Pharmacist’s Role in Disease Management

Nutrition As A Foundation For Wellness

• The Elements of a Healthy Diet
• Dietary Components that Should be Limited
• Obesity, Exercise, and Weight Control

Nutrition and Disease

• Diseases of Malnutrition
• Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
• Cancer Risk
• Osteoporosis
• Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
• Migraine Headaches

Disease Management and the Pharmaceutical Industry

• The Pharmaceutical Industry and Disease Management
• Role of the Healthcare Representative