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4 Challenges of Transitioning to a Value-Based Integrated Health System
Because value-based payment forges a new kind of integrated health system based on the interdependence of financial compensation, quality of patient care and provider performance, it presents a whole new set of challenges to the healthcare industry. Ideally, these challenges will be identified and resolved before they occur so unforeseen issues can be addressed asRead the Rest…
Limited Ability to Improve Patient Care With Apps
Although mobile apps are the future of patient-centered healthcare and there are currently over 40,000 healthcare apps available for download in the U.S. iTunes app store, mobile apps have yet to move from novelty status into mainstream use. The reason for this may be that healthcare apps are not yet seen as valid ways toRead the Rest…
Why Hospital Readmissions Sometimes Occur
Results from a new national study reveal an excessive number of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients. A team of researchers from The Dartmouth Institute have been working together on a five-year study about post hospital care and they see the causes for readmissions completely avoidable with proper post hospital care. This study, called the DartmouthRead the Rest…
Aetna Better Health and IlliniCare Health Plans Partner With General Medicine, P.C
Aetna Better Health and IlliniCare Health Plans, on Behalf of the State of Illinois, Partner With General Medicine, P.C. to Manage and Provide Physician and Nurse Practitioner Services in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities CHICAGO, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Aetna Better Health and IlliniCare Health Plan, health plans that provide management services to the IllinoisRead the Rest…