Health and Disease Management Within an Academic Health System

Abstract

’Health and disease management’ is a clinical improvement process aimed at ensuring that the best practices known to medical science are incorporated with minimal variation over the entire continuum of care. The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is an academic, integrated healthcare delivery system committed to implementing this approach to care by all providers and at all sites. This report outlines our approach to design, implementation, outcomes tracking and improvement, and highlights how the educational, service and research missions of the academic health system add value to the comprehensive health and disease management approach.