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Archive for April, 2007

Yet Another Dark Cloud in the Stormy Skies of Medicare DM

Medicare’s major thrust at chronic disease management innovation — the Medicare Health Support (MHS) pilot project — continues to gather storm clouds.
Today’s POO (persistent obfuscatory orations) Award goes to Healthways for their explanation of  MHS progress (or lack thereof) in an April 4 press release.  If you can understand what they’re saying about MHS (see p. 3) without having your CPA [...]

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One More Dark Cloud in the Stormy Skies of Medicare DM

Mathematica Research has just released a report: The Evaluation of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration: Findings for the First Two Years.  It’s not pretty.
Section F of the Executive Summary is entitled “Synthesizing the Findings: What Works, and What Doesn’t”.  That section begins:

Given that few of the programs have shown convincing evidence to date of reducing [...]

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Healthcare Informatics Webinar — Disease Management (DM): Will Providers Seize the Opportunity to Be Back in Charge?

Next Thursday April 12, Dr. Randy Williams and I will jointly be presenting our perspectives in a webinar entitled:. 

Disease Management (DM): Will Providers Seize the Opportunity to Be Back in Charge?

Click the link for details about the agenda and registration   You can receive a 15% discount by entering the following Promotional Code:   0412VK

Tags: care management, [...]

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Latest Edition of Health Wonk Review at the Health Affairs Blog

Thank you to Jane Hiebert-White, who hosts the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review at the Health Affairs Blog.  Health Wonk Review is a bi-weekly round-up of the best in health care policy blogging commentary. This edition is entitled “Health Wonk Review And Health Reform 2.0”.
Jane’s tribute to Paul Hiebert really touched me:

For myself, my [...]

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TA Associates Completes $175 Million Buyout of Alere Medical

TA Associates announced that it has partnered with management in a $175 million buyout of Alere Medical Incorporated, a leading disease management company.
Here are a few of my initial impressions:

Tags: care coordination, disease management, Healthways

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World Health Care Blog

I’m honored to have been invited to be a guest blogger at the World Health Care Blog, an innovative experiment by the World Health Care Congress. Today’s question is: Technology in Health Care: Villain or Hero?
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Links: April 1, 2007

Telemedicine in the Ambulatory Setting: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
First Consulting Group, March 2007
 
New Technologies For Chronic Disease Management And Control: A Systematic Review
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, March 2007
 
Systematic Review of the Chronic Care Model in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevention and Management
Archives of Internal Medicine; March 26, 2007
 
Case Management For Seniors Requires Heightened [...]

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