Patient Engagement
Little progress is being made to integrate social services with medical care despite increased attention and effort.
A payer-provider union may be the only way forward for many in a market where
large, integrated entities are aggressively expanding.
As commercial health plans and others fortify their strategy for preventive care, one opportunity is to leverage an existing retail footprint.
Miamians are the most health-conscious while Minnesotans are the least of people in 18 cities surveyed.
There was a 2% drop in ICU deaths at non-minority hospitals, but the same improvement rate was not seen at minority-serving hospitals.
What's important to the patient is a care plan that integrates shared decision-making on both treatment and cost, speaker says.
The collaboration is meant to spur more engagement in the Go360 program by allowing a broad range of wearables and connected devices.
The national disparity between gross charges for each procedure is significant with a 297% difference between the lowest and highest gross charge.
The partnership will offer integrated medical, behavioral, and pharmacy services benefits.
Doctors, hospitals, and other health providers in the U.S. spent far more on administration due to complexity.