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Targeting the right members for intensive disease management is the key to a successful program, says Christobel E. Selecky.
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When a member of LifeMasters Supported SelfCares disease management program weighs himself, takes his blood pressure, or blood glucose level, he dials a toll-free number, enters his personal code, and follows the computer prompts to enter the data being monitored. It all takes a minute or less.
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Christobel E. Selecky actually has had physicians thank her for sending them treatment guidelines along with information about their patients with chronic diseases.
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When it comes to a common disease such as diabetes, we cant manage the universe, Giavanna Ernandes, RN, MSN, APNC, asserts.
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Musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis, low-back pain, repetitive motion strain, and mental health problems mostly depression have the biggest negative impact on worker productivity, according to a survey by the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), a nonprofit research organization in Scottsdale, AZ.
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A catastrophic case that involves a lot of coordination of resources, a lot of care planning, and a large allocation of financial resources that may or may not cause the patient to reach his or her maximum lifetime benefit should be a flag to the case manager to find out who may be sharing the risk.
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A patient whose chronic illness you are managing is not likely to tell you that he or she is depressed.
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Consumers drug-buying behavior may be based on how much they know about their personal health care coverage, a Harris Interactive survey reveals.
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Sixty percent of physicians responding to a survey by the Pennsylvania Medical Society expressed frustration with eroding patient-doctor relationships and blame lack of time for the problem.
