Author: trident500
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Health Coaching and Health 2.0 Developments
According to Roger Reed, chief consumer engagement architect with Gordian Health Solutions Inc., about two-thirds of the coaching population would prefer not to use the telephone as their preferred coaching modality. Consequently, a new generation of health coaches needs to be able to “serve it up to the individual any way they want it,” using…
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New Developments in Health Coaching for 2009
According to Jennifer Hidding, director of interactive health management of consumer solutions at OptumHealth, a main focus of health and wellness coaching in 2009 will be on general wellness as a means to combat the current obesity epidemic. However, it will not be the only trend the health coaching community will see in 2009. Hidding…
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Integrated Care Delivery Can Reverse the U.S.’s Current Last-Place Ranking in Healthcare
The growing trend toward integrated care delivery systems can help the U.S. healthcare system refocus on its primary goals — providing coordinated care and returning patients to their optimal health status, explains Perry Hanson, partner with Wipfli,…
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Integrated Care Delivery Can Reverse the USs Current Last-Place Ranking in Healthcare
The growing trend toward integrated care delivery systems can help the U.S. healthcare system refocus on its primary goals — providing coordinated care and returning patients to their optimal health status, explains Perry Hanson, partner with
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Assessing CDHPs’ Affect on Members’ Lifestyles
Some features of HealthPartners’ consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are drawing a younger, healthier population, according to Julie Bunde, director of product management at HealthPartners. She discusses these features as well as how their CDHPs affect their members’ lifestyles and how members are handling their healthcare spending. Bunde, along with Kathleen Campbell, head of Aetna’s CDHPsand…
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Assessing Physician Practice Transformation Readiness
Redesigning a practice into one that is more efficient and patient-centered begins with a readiness assessment tool and goal-setting with key organization members, says Dr. John Michos, medical director of the Virginia Health Quality Center. The size of the practice can affect the approach to transformation. Smaller practices may find it easier to implement change,…
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Healthways Creating a Healthier World, One Person at a Time
When Nashville healthcare firm Healthways decided to offer internally all the health and wellness programs it develops for customers, it provided an opportunity to improve the user experience externally, explains Heath Shackleford, senior director of marketing and communications. In communicating the wellness programs to its own employees, Healthways amplified the message around privacy, underscoring that…
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Physician Performance Improvement Charting for PQRI and Other PFP Programs
Although CMS does not currently require physicians in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative to have electronic health records, nearly 75 percent of American Academy of Family Physicians members are already using EHRs, estimates Dr. Bruce Bagley, AAFP medical director of quality improvement. CMS’ inclusion of two structural measures for 2008, one for EHRs and the…
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McLeod Health’s Initiatives Aim to Eliminate Adverse Drug Events
Leanne Huminski, chief nursing officer, McLeod Regional Medical Center, comments on capitalizing on computer technology, McLeod’s initiatives for eliminating adverse drug events (ADEs) and the role information technology is playing in reducing ADEs. Huminski, Lenore Blank, Michelle Gilbert and Donna Isgett will describe how their organizations are implementing perfect care processes in heart failure and…
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Pursuing Perfection at Hackensack University Medical Center
Collaborative patient care models that empower the primary care nurse to communicate patient needs to physicians has not only improved patient care and outcomes but also fostered a cultural change at Hackensack University Medical Center, explains Lenore Blank, a nurse practitioner and administrative manager of HUMC’s heart failure and pulmonary hypertension team. Her team is…