| | | Transition care management reduces costs
December 2008
Payers miss opportunities to reduce costs during times of transition between levels of care for hospitalized patients | | Healthcare facilities account for 9% of energy consumption
December 2008
Some green goals are consistent with functional requirements of the healthcare facility, but others may require trade-offs, including possible compromises on the project budget and schedule | | Clinical decision support preferable to subsidized EMRs
December 2008
Managed healthcare executives should take a new look at diagnosis decision support, which is less expensive than EMRs | | Facilities must change to accommodate obese patients
December 2008
Because of their physical size, obese patients often cannot use standard wheelchairs, waiting-room armchairs, blood pressure cuffs, hospital beds and gowns, or M.R.I. and CAT scan machines. | | Your PBM's MAC list impacts your bottom line
December 2008
If MAC lists were not in place, prices for drugs would vary dramatically. Discounts for generic drugs would also decrease significantly. | | What are Analytics? An overused word, an underused resource
October 2008
If there was a way to accurately and consistently predict which patients were likely to use the emergency room in the upcoming year or incur a preventable chronic disease in the next 10 years, how would such a capability impact patient care? | |
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| | | | | Triglyceride levels rise despite increase use of cholesterol-lowering meds
December 2008
Regardless of gains made by medications to control some lipids, triglycerides, like obesity and diabetes, are on the rise, according to WellPoint's HealthCore. LDL levels alone aren't enough to knock out heart disease. | | Predictive modeling, stratification improve disease management risk profiling
November 2008
As disease management programs have grown in size and scope, the importance of justifying their expense by demonstrating financial savings has become critical. | | State of the Industry 2009: Disease Management
October 2008
Evaluating the return on investment in disease management can be quite complicated, and survey results are suggestive rather than conclusive. | | Design communication with health literacy in mind
October 2008
A recent study by the University of Connecticut indicates that the cost of low health literacy to the U.S. economy is as high as $238 billion annually. It's imperative that health plans and systems drive new efforts. | | Al Lewis on Disease Management's Value
September 2008
While it is true that actuarial calculations of medical savings from disease management have been controversial, there is enough underlying value to DM that it will not only sustain itself, but also continue to grow as the true value of the concept emerges. | | Michael Norris, vice president, medical outreach programs, Great-West Healthcare
September 2008
Great-West Healthcare is a two-time winner of DMAA's "Best Disease Management Program" for PPOs. | |
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