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The International Disease Management Alliance [IDMA] and the HealthSciences Institute [HSI] Announce a Collaboration to Offer the HSI Chronic Care Professional Certification Program

IDMA Executive Director, Warren E. Todd has joined HSI President, Blake Andersen, PhD, in announcing a collaboration to offer the HIS Chronic Care Professional Certification Program. The certification program was developed by the HealthSciences Institute in partnership with disease management leaders from organizations including the University of Minnesota Medical School/School of Nursing and the Mayo Clinic. The 40-hour program is delivered to organizations in 2-day on-site/off-site sessions, or, on via a recently launched eLearning program designed in partnership with the University of Toronto Medical School and Toronto's Centennial College. This acclaimed program has been a cornerstone of public health, disease management organization, and health system chronic care improvement initiatives.

Notes Mr. Todd, "While the expansion of disease management [DM] around the world has spawned a considerable number of DM-related conferences, HSI's patient-centered certification program provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to building critical disease management competencies. The program has been accredited by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) -- CE credit for other professionals is also available.

Adds HealthSciences Institute's President, Blake Andersen, "We are very pleased with this collaboration with the IDMA. Founder Warren Todd is a true pioneer of DM in the United States and abroad. His six years of leadership and experience in helping to found and build the DMAA as past-president and executive director will be invaluable in the continued expansion of DM in the US and around the globe."

The IDMA/HSI collaboration reflects the growing need to address the management and prevention of chronic disease in both developing as well as developed countries. This need was recently exposed by a series of reports and paper from the World Health Organization and The Lancet. See, Series -- Chronic Diseases (The Lancet Oct. 2005) (http://www.thelancet.com/collections/series/chronic_diseases) and "Preventing Chronic Diseases -- a Vital Investment" (WHO Oct. 2005) (http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/en/).

IDMA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring together the pioneers in disease management from around the world to insure that different models of disease management are nurtured and information shared. See www.DMAlliance.org for more information.

The HealthSciences Institute is a collaborative group dedicated to finding new ways to change healthcare delivery through the development of evidence-based educational tools and programs.

Information on the HSI Chronic Care Certification program can be found at www.DMAlliance.org

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