Disease management is the concept of reducing health care costs and improving quality of life for individuals with chronic conditions by preventing or minimizing the effects of the disease through integrated care. Disease management programs are designed to improve the health of persons with chronic conditions and reduce associated costs from avoidable complications by identifying and treating chronic conditions more quickly and more effectively, thus slowing the progression of those diseases.

Disease management generally entails using a multidisciplinary team of providers (for example, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dieticians, psychologists) to assist individuals in managing their condition(s). Chronic disorders commonly managed through disease management programs are: