Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s adapt strategy and business models for
success during the upcoming transformation.
This morning the Disease Management Care Blog brought an interesting toolkit to my attention. It was published by AHRQ in August 2008, so it’s very recent. This toolkit describes how to implement the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in your medical practice. The CCM is embedded in the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model and can be [...]
Pay them to do it, take money away when they don’t — make hospitals accountable for their role in avoiding unnecessary readmissions. Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission testified recently in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He opened his remarks by stating: The health care delivery system we see [...]
“Why can’t we all just get along?” Rodney King The Megatrend: Collaborative Care Management Networks (CCMNs) It’s been quite a while since I spotted a new Disease Management Megatrend, but here’s one that’s long overdue: Collaborative Care Management Networks will be necessary to achieve optimal care coordination. The trend in a nutshell: payers (and others) are [...]
Personal health records (PHRs) are evolving toward becoming Personal Health Record Systems (PHRSs). …that’s my key takeaway from attending the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Project Health Design (PHD) conference in Washington D.C. on September 17. The conference was entitled A ‘Report Out’ from Project HealthDesign and Forum on Next-Generation PHRs . A PHD Fact Sheet capsulizes the [...]
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