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As part of the Department of Health and Human Services' Value-Driven Health Care initiative, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched a compendium of health care report cards. It is designed to provide health care report card developers and researchers a range of models on which to base future work.
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Medication management is a major challenge with the Medicare population. Many are on multiple medications. They forget to take their medicine or get confused about what pill to take when and whether they should take it with or without food. Some have visual problems or low literacy levels and can't read and understand the labels.
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A team approach by community-based personnel from Green Ribbon Health is helping chronically ill Medicare participants learn to manage their conditions, improve their health, and preserve their independence.
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The cost of treating pressure ulcers is estimated at $9 billion per year and the cost for care for home health patients with pressure ulcers is 36% more than the cost of caring for home health patients without pressure ulcers.
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Duke Integrative Medicine takes health coaching to a new level, providing coaching by highly trained health care personnel who work closely with their clients to help them follow their personal health plan.
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A health management plan for members with chronic conditions has generated a 1.7-to-1 return on investment and glowing responses to member satisfaction surveys for Health Alliance Plan (HAP).
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There are many basic practices that improve teaching encounters between health care practitioners and patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). These are applicable in all interactions within a medical center when the use of an interpreter is required.
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Health Plan of Nevada Inc. takes a multi-pronged approach to managing the care and services of its chronically ill members throughout the continuum of care.
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Early intervention is important for children with autism. To make sure this early diagnosis occurs, every pregnant woman should be given a chart on childhood development so she knows what is considered typical behavior.
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Mistakes involving patient classification and preauthorization of procedures are among a lengthy list of common errors made in the same-day surgery arena, says Bob Whipple, RNC, CCM, CCS, MHA, a Boston-based senior management consultant with ACS Healthcare Solutions, who specializes in all areas of the revenue cycle.
