Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Our Secondary Hypotheses (cont'd.)

• Assessment of Self Management patients' vital signs and symptoms by the expert clinical decision support system, coupled with tailored self-care algorithms, will improve patients' self efficacy in the management of their disease more so than in patients in the Case Management group.
• Self Management and Case Management patients will have greater satisfaction with care than Standard care patients.
• Physician's satisfaction will be higher with Self Management and Case management approaches to patient management than Standard care.