Suprise! Suprise!

A study from Stanford University School of Medicine shows that a case-management approach helped a diverse group of patients reduce their overall risk of heart disease by roughly 10 percent, and did so in a cost-effective way. The surprise is that the university headlines this study as groundbreaking. Case management has been recommended by many groups involved in chronic disease management for many years. What is surprising is that Stanford medical school is just finding this out.