The World Health Care Blog welcomes Jaan Sidorov as a regular contributor. Dr. Sidorov writes the Disease Management Care Blog, where this piece 1st appeared.
Goodness gracious. If you think you have a good idea when it comes to solving the twin dilemmas of cost and a quality for chronic conditions, ‘tis […]
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Anyone interested in a new payment model for health care needs to keep
an eye on the High Value Health Care Project under way at Mayo Clinic.
Its goal: Support a new national model for high value care delivery.
Robert Nesse, MD, president and CEO, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Mayo Health System, reported on this important initiative […]
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You’re probably going to start hearing about “Deep Dive,” a huge randomized trial designed to compare an intensive patient-coaching program against a typical telephone-coaching effort.
Trial results, presented by David Wennberg, MD, MPH, president and COO, Health Dialog Analytic Solutions, indicate that more coaching contacts translate into fewer hospital stays, emergency room visits and […]
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Why 2034? It’s actually the date that my actuarial has indicated that my individual involvement in this discussion should no longer have any viability. In other words it’s the projected date of my passing, but, believe me, there will be tens of thousands of we boomers contributing to this discussion […]
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