'Delivering Disease Management to Medically Underserved Populations' Report Will Help You Begin Implementing Program Success with Community Agency and Provider Partnerships.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c77411) has announced the addition of "Delivering Disease Management to Medically Underserved Populations Plus 21 Strategies for Making and Keeping Contact with Hard-to-Reach Clients" to their offering. Economic barriers, cultural and/or linguistic access barriers to primary medical care services and a growing number of un- and underinsured un·der·in·sure tr.v. un·der·in·sured, un·der·in·sur·ing, un·der·in·sures To insure under a policy that provides inadequate benefits: Be certain that you are not underinsured against catastrophic illness. are swelling swelling /swell·ing/ (swel´ing) 1. transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not due to cell proliferation. 2. an eminence, or elevation. the ranks of the medically underserved. Successful and ongoing delivery of healthcare to these individuals can be hindered by their outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. contact information, chronic disease exacerbated by mental illness and frequently transient A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge. transient - 1. nature. However, many organizations are rising to these challenges, employing novel methods to make contact with Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, the categorically needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. and others and engage them in successful disease management (DM) programs. Their success stories, suggestions and lessons learned are contained in this 46-page special report, "Delivering Disease Management to Medically Underserved Populations Plus 21 Strategies for Making and Keeping Contact with Hard-to-Reach Clients." Against a backdrop Backdrop may refer to:
Contributing authors include Philip M. Bonaparte, M.D., chief medical officer with Horizon NJ Health; David Hunsaker, president of public programs with APS Healthcare; Caryn Jacobi, R.N., associate vice president of operations for Illinois, McKesson Health Solutions; and Elizabeth Reardon, M.P.H., managed care director of Vermont Health Access. They share real-life case studies to illustrate how out-of-the-box thinking Noun 1. out-of-the-box thinking - thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity divergent thinking , community collaborations, and multi-channel approaches to client identification are yielding positive results in health outcomes and cost containment cost containment, n the features of a dental benefits program or of the administration of the program designed to reduce or eliminate certain charges to the plan. . Additionally, HIN's 2007 non-scientific online survey on this topic yielded further contact strategies from more than 65 healthcare organizations. This report includes a summary of their suggestions for preventing medical complications and improving the overall health of medically underserved patients, members and clients. You'll get details on: -Redefining DM for transient, hard-to-reach populations; -Improving program success with community, agency and provider partnerships; -Reducing unnecessary and repeat emergency room visits via case management; -Factoring behavioral health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or issues into the care plan; -Assessing clients' "readiness to change" and tips to encourage behavior modification behavior modification n. 1. The use of basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback, reinforcement, or aversion therapy, to teach simple skills or alter undesirable behavior. 2. See behavior therapy. and self-management; -Tapping technology and data mining to correct inaccurate or outdated contact information; -Launching disease-specific initiatives targeted to this population; -Implementing staffing, training and processes for optimal DM delivery; -21 proven strategies from Horizon NJ Health and McKesson Health Solutions for connecting with elusive clients. - Understanding Disease Management at Horizon NJ Health Administering DM Programs for the Medicaid Population Components of DM ER Claims Analysis Asthma & Diabetes DM - The Vermont Medical Home: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Mental Illness, Morbidity and Mortality Morbidity and Mortality can refer to:
Patient Involvement Key Concepts Care Partner Nurses Changes and Recommendations - APS Healthcare DM Programs Target Medicaid Patient Identification The Cost of Bad Care: High Variances and Disparities Advancing Interventions Based on Treatment Gaps Urban Myths: Frontier, Rural and City Return on Investment - 21 Strategies to Identify and Engage Hard-to-Reach Clients - HIN Survey Results: How Healthcare Organizations Locate and Communicate with Hard-to-Reach DM Clients Solving the Problem of Hard-to-Reach Patients Successful Strategies Developing Trends - Q&A: Ask the Experts Creative Care Identifying Undiagnosed Diseases with DM Electronic Healthcare Physician Feedback - Glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. - For More Information - About the Authors For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c77411 |
|
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion