A contrarian, brainy and literature-based resource by Jaan Sidorov that offers jargon-free information, insights, peer-review links and musings from the world of population health, disease management, the medical home, the chronic care model, accountable care organizations, the patient centered medical home, informatics, pay for performance, primary care, chronic illness and health insurance
You can read one of the typical press releases here. Rather than battle the Feds over who owes what to who for its star-crossed foray into accepting risk (i.e., the claw back of fees that were unmatched by savings) in Medicare Health Support, privately held LifeMasters is seeking the safe harbor of bankruptcy protection.
medSolis pairs a simple, intuitive and scalable care management system with an easy-to-use hand-held patient “app.” This cloud-based technology can be integrated into practically any team-based care setting, including medical homes, specialty clinics, post-acute care, readmission reduction programs, ACOs and health plans.
medSolis' value propositions:
1) Easy-to-use interface.
2) No training. No infrastructure. Start small and scale up.
3) Turnkey solution that is adaptable to any population's needs.
“Moving into the next century, the most important breakthroughs will be in the from of clinical process innovation rather than clinical product improvement…the next big advances in health care will be the development of protocols for delivering patient care across health care settings over time.”
JD Kleinke, Bleeding Edge
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2 comments:
Dear DMCB:
Unless you are ideologically anti-reform and cynically pro-obfuscation (e.g., "death panel," etc.), I would suggest you lose the pejorative term, "Obamacare."
Respectfully,
Brad Stephan
bradleydean brings up a good point: is the term "Obamacare" perjorative? If we think about "Hillarycare," the answer may be yes, but on the other hand, the President's increasing ownership of the issue may warrant the term, especially since it denotes an immediately obvious and well known policy package. On the other hand, I did go slightly negative when I last used the term while thinking about the personal impact of the Dem's health reform: it's likely my health insurance costs will go up thanks to the proposed tax on relatively modest health insurance.
The good news is that my use of the term prompted a posted comment to my blog, which is valued above all else. I'm tempted to use it again for good or for ill.
Thanks for the feedback Brad. I'll tread more lightly with the term in the future.
Jaan
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